Karate Kick Saves Cockroach (VIDEO)

Vanderbilt University

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Rick Grimes has nothing on the humble American cockroach when it comes to avoiding zombification. Far from being a weak-willed sap easily paralyzed by the emerald jewel wasp's sting to the brain -- followed by becoming a placid egg carrier and then larvae chow -- the cockroach can deliver a stunning karate kick that saves its life, Vanderbilt University biologist Ken Catania found.

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