I think I just threw up a little bit…
The lovely creature to the left is a Madagascar hissing cockroach. The image you see is at 2/3rds scale; the damn things are actually 3-inches in length, can run at speeds of up to three miles per hour and, true to their name, will drown out your screams with a hissing noise while chasing you around your house (and, being faster than you are, they will catch you).
They are also to be, according to a Fort Worth Star-Telegram article, the featured snack at an upcoming Six Flags promotion. And, yes, I said snack.
It seems the Dallas-area park is buying out the supply of grotesquely large, mutant cockroaches from regional pet stores and will offer up their nature’s bounty to the public during the first weekend of its annual Halloween festival.
Those who successfully down a live cockroach will be given a “Flash Pass,” allowing the holder to skip to the front of any line at the park’s various rides. Additionally, they may wish to consider allowing the pass holders to skip to the head of the line at bathrooms as well.
The cockroaches, which taste “just like chicken,” albeit creepy-crawly, hissing chicken, “were chosen because they are considered a delicacy in many Asian and African cultures.” Huzzah. Education and culture sharing has reached a new high-water mark in Dallas. Next up, receive a free enema at all public libraries when signing up for a library card.
Overheard at the promotion: “Dude. That is so not what I thought when I read they were passing out free roaches.”
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