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[–] ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz 36 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Cockroach milk is sourced from the Pacific Beetle cockroach, a type of roach that gives birth to live offspring and produces 'milk', which it feeds its embryos through a 'brood sac' (essentially a cockroach womb). There is, in fact, no actual 'milking' involved: scientists need to carve out the cockroach’s gut in order to access the milk, which is in the form of crystals.

[–] Oneser@lemm.ee 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's somehow even worse than my original mental image. Great work science!

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not worse as the insect shit we eat in the morning, called Honey.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Delicious bee puke, i can't wait to do a line of roachmilk.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Maybe some recipes or how to make cheese.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

So we could smash those up and snort them, could we not?

[–] EySkibidiBabBab 10 points 3 months ago

Nothing like snorting a fresh line of crystalized cockroach gut milk in the morning to start the day off right 🥰

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

snorting is so...21st century.

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Snort milk every day

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

Damn. I figured it was just grinded up cockroaches.