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		echelon 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A recent study suggests that insects branched out ... It's an allergic reaction to tropomyosin, which is found in shellfish and cockroaches. I recall an anecdote of an entomologist who studied cockroaches in particular claiming to have developed a shellfish allergy from her work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropomyosin

saghm 9 months ago [–]

If this were a sci-fi movie, it would be because the cockroaches were sentient and trying to protect themselves.

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