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The Sport Of Racing Cockroaches

For most people, events like the Grand Nationals provide a day of innocent fun watching the horse...

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16.00 15 Apr 2022


The Sport Of Racing Cockroaches


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For most people, events like the Grand Nationals provide a day of innocent fun watching the horses race each other. Some people prefer watching the greyhound races while others, it seems, prefer to race cockroaches. Joining Tom Dunne on the show today was David Rivers, Professor of Entomology at Loyola University in Maryland, to tell us more about the races he holds in his class.  

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