Ah! Nah, oh!

啊！呀！喔！

Hey guys, it's Em.

大家好，我是 Em

Today I'm going to be talking about one of my favorite invertebrates, the Madagascan Hissing Cockroach. The Madagascan Hissing Cockroach is an animal which I

今天我要來聊聊其中一種我喜愛的無脊椎動物，馬達加斯加蟑螂，我想大家聽到

feel gets unduly hated. Give them a chance,

馬達加斯加蟑螂會感到極度厭惡，給牠們一個機會

I'm sure I can change your mind about them in the next couple of minutes.

我保證在接下來幾分鐘我會讓你們對牠們完全改觀

Also if you haven't already, please hit that subscribe button. And you can find in the description box below a link to all my different social media where you can

同時如果你還沒訂閱，請按下訂閱按鈕，然後你可以在資訊欄中找到我的其他影片連結

keep up to date with me daily, and

你可以在其他影片中跟我保持互動

see the pics and videos I put up of all the animals that I work with. What kind of cockroach video would this be without

也能看看平常跟我相處的動物們的影片與照片。如果沒有蟑螂，這還能叫蟑螂影片嗎？

cockroaches? Focus, focus.

注意囉，注意囉

This here is the beautiful

在這裡可以看到美麗的

Madagascan Hissing Cockroach. I have here a male and a female.

馬達加斯加蟑螂，這裡是一公一母

I'm going to show you which one is which just by holding them up.

我要把牠們拿近點，讓你看看哪隻是公的，哪隻是母的

Can you see the subtle

你能看出牠們頭部微妙的

differences on the heads? This one over here is a female, this one over here is the male. The male has these humps on

差別嗎？在我右手上的是母的，左手上的是公的，公的頭上有一些圓形突起物

top of his head which he uses for dueling with other males, whereas the female has a completely rounded head

是用來跟其他公蟑螂決鬥用的，相反地母蟑螂的頭是完全的圓弧形

because females are a lot more sensible than males. One thing that does surprise people when they first meet the Madagascan

因為女性比男性通情達理多了，許多人第一次看到馬達加斯加蟑螂會感到驚訝的是

Hissing Cockroach is that they don't have wings. There are a lot of species of cockroach out there

他們沒有翅膀。有許多品種的蟑螂

which do have wings. These guys don't have any wings

都有翅膀，但牠們沒有

whatsoever. If you wanted to know what they feel like, they kind of feel like polished wood.

如果你想知道牠們感覺像什麼，牠們有點像拋光木材

That's what we tell children when we go out onto shows to get them used to the idea of wanting to hold them.

當我們在外面介紹馬達加斯加蟑螂時就會這麼告訴孩子，讓他們有想要碰牠們的想法

They're also incredibly clean. They like to clean themselves,

牠們也是不可思議地乾淨，他們喜歡清潔自己

they like to be clean. Often I see these guys cleaning themselves after I've held them.

他們喜歡自己是乾淨的，我常常看到牠們在離開我的手之後開始清潔自己

They are kind of repulsed by us because we are actually so much more dirty than cockroaches.

牠們有點對我們反感，因為其實我們比牠們髒得多

Look at them, all those dirty people out there, watching Youtube. These guys were brought over from

看看他們，那些正在看 Youtube 的骯髒人類。這些小傢伙

Madagascar to other countries, not just for the pet trade as pets, but also as a food source for other animals.

從馬達加斯加被帶到其他國家，不只是當作寵物來販售，也是其他動物的食物來源

Um, some people like to keep reptiles as pets. I personally love to, and we do have monitor lizards at work

有些人喜歡養爬蟲類當寵物，我個人也很喜歡，我們工作的地方有些巨蜥

which very typically get fed large Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches as a source of food. They are super high in protein.

牠們就是典型地把馬達加斯加蟑螂當食物的動物，馬達加斯加蟑螂的蛋白質很高

I'm going to see if I can get my male to make that hissing noise.

我要看看我是否可以讓公蟑螂發出嘶嘶聲

I just have to tap him very gently and he should do it.

我只要輕輕地拍牠，牠應該會發出聲音

Can you hear that?.

你有聽到嗎？

It's like maracas.

那聲音就像沙鈴

This guy's not used to being held. He's not one of our working cockroaches,

牠不常被捧在手上，牠不是我們工作場所飼養的蟑螂

he's just one that lived in the bigger colony that we have. We have roughly,

牠只是我們工作場所的飼料蟑螂之一，我們有大約…

I would say maybe close to a thousand at work including all the little babies. We have plenty of cockroaches.

我只能說包括幼年期的，大約近千隻蟑螂在工作場所，我們有一大堆的蟑螂

Um, again, they are used as a food source for some of our other animals at work, so we do have to have a plentiful supply.

再次申明，牠們在我們工作場所是作為其他動物的食物來源，所以我們必須有足夠的供給量

Males and females if they're kept in the right conditions

如果公蟑螂跟母蟑螂飼養在對的環境下

they will breed very readily. They can have between 50 and 60 young at a time. The females when they are giving birth,

牠們會繁殖地非常快速，他們一次可以繁殖 50 到 60 隻小蟑螂，當母蟑螂在生產的時候

they actually gives birth to live young. They don't lay eggs. They give birth to live young and what they do is

牠們會真的產下活生生的幼年期，牠們不生蛋，牠們會直接生下幼年期，牠們怎麼做的呢

they lift up a little hatch back here

牠們會在尾端孵化

and they give birth and they come out, the babies, in like a string. When the nymphs are born, um, nymphs being baby cockroaches,

然後生產，幼年期出來時就像繩子一樣排成一列。當蛹孵化，蛹變成小蟑螂時

um, they are completely white, almost like a translucent white. Then over the course of a few hours

牠們是純白的，幾乎有點半透明的白，經過幾個小時候

they do darken down as the exoskeleton hardens. If you are interested in keeping Madagascan hissing cockroaches as pets,

當骨骼變硬，顏色就變得黯沉。如果你有興趣養馬達加斯加蟑螂當寵物

um, then you'll be pleased to know that not only are they very easy to come by and very cheap to buy,

你一定要知道牠們不只是非常容易獲得、非常便宜

um, they're very very easy to keep. Um, I'm gonna do a

牠們非常非常好養，我打算拍個

more in-depth video about how to care for cockroaches properly,

更深入的影片談談怎麼照顧蟑螂

um, in particular the Madagascan hissing cockroach, because they're probably the most commonly kept pet cockroach.

尤其是馬達加斯加蟑螂，因為牠們可能是最好養的蟑螂

So I will do that at some point in the future.

所以我未來可能會提幾個要點

Let me know if that's something that you would want to see. But typically they can be kept in a plastic or glass

如果你有什麼想看的，請告訴我。通常牠們可以養在安全的塑膠或玻璃容器裡

container which is secure, because they are great escape artists, and yes

因為牠們是逃跑的藝術家，還有，是的

they can climb glass as I learned many years ago when I first started keeping them. They can climb glass, they climb glass very well.

牠們可以在玻璃上爬行，我也是好幾年前第一次養的時候知道的，牠們可以在玻璃上爬行，而且很擅長

Um, here's this myth that if you put Vaseline at the top of an enclosure it will stop them from climbing out.

有個迷思是你如果在開口端塗凡士林就能阻止牠們爬出去

No. You need a secure lid, maybe something with mesh, um,

不，你需要一個蓋子，或是有網眼的蓋子

and that will hopefully stop them and their babies from escaping. If they do escape from their enclosure

那比較有可能阻止牠們跟小蟑螂逃脫，如果牠們真的逃脫了

you don't have to worry about having a cockroach infestation, especially if you live in a

你不用擔心會有一大堆蟑螂橫行，尤其如果你住在

colder climate like I do here in England, because they unfortunately will not survive in a cold climate.

寒帶氣候，像我住在英國，因為牠們無法在寒帶氣候存活

They won't breed in a cold climate. So if they do escape, they're completely benign, you're not going to have an infestation in your house.

牠們不會在寒帶氣候繁殖，所以如果他們逃脫了，反而是好事，你家就不會有一堆蟑螂肆虐

They're super easy to feed. They love to have their vegetables, so we give them, um, vegetables such as romaine lettuce. They love

牠們很好養，牠們喜歡吃蔬菜，所以我們給牠們蔬菜像是萵苣

carrot, love carrot they adore it. They also like overripe banana, and I also give them a little bit of

牠們喜歡胡蘿蔔，牠們愛死它了，牠們也喜歡過熟的香蕉，我也會給牠們一些

ferret food too, just as a source of protein. Typically they don't eat too much of this, they prefer their leafy greens and their, um,

雪貂食物，因為要補充蛋白質，通常牠們不會吃太多，牠們比較喜歡多葉的綠色蔬菜，還有

apple and carrot. Yeah, they love apple too. Um, the apple and carrot, but I do leave a small dish of these all the time,

蘋果跟胡蘿蔔，對，牠們也愛蘋果，蘋果跟胡蘿蔔，但我總是會放一小盤雪貂食物

um, even in between days when I feed them. Typically I feed these guys three times a week, um,

即使是我有餵食的時候也會。通常我一週餵牠們三次

but if they don't have fresh leafy matter in their enclosure

但如果牠們沒有一些新鮮菜葉在旁邊

then I do leave them at all times a dish of, uh, ferret food

我都會放一盤雪貂食物在裡面

which is high in protein if they want that. Some people choose to feed cat food which is fine too,

雪貂食物富含蛋白質，如果牠們想吃的話。有些人會選擇貓飼料，那也可以

um, dry cat biscuit as a source of protein. But because I actually have a ferret at home

乾的貓餅乾當作蛋白質來源，但因為我有雪貂在家

and I don't have a cat, for me

而我沒有養貓，對我來說

it's just more practical to feed them ferret food. Although not strictly nocturnal,

餵牠們雪貂飼料比較實在。雖然不是完全地夜行性

I do find that Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches prefer to come out at night. You know when you've misted their enclosure.

我發現馬達加斯加蟑螂偏好晚上出沒。然後你需要在牠們周遭噴水霧

They do need to have quite a high humidity, because that's what they would be used to in their native climate.

牠們需要很高的濕度，因為那是牠們習慣的天然氣候

So I spray these guys twice a day with warm water and that keeps their humidity up at about 60 to 70

所以我一天會用溫水噴兩次，保持牠們周遭濕度大約 60 到 70%

percent. And you can easily keep track of your humidity by investing in a hydrometer(hygrometer).

你可以很簡單的透過濕度計來掌握濕度

Um, hydrogometer.

呃，濕重計？

Hydrometer(hygrometer) I can never get it right. Hydrom hydrogome- hy-hydrometer. Hy-hydrometer.

我一直沒辦法搞清楚濕度計怎麼念

They like it wet.

牠們喜歡潮濕

Lifespan-wise, they're not the longest lives of invertebrates.

壽命部分，牠們不是最長壽的無脊椎動物

Um, typically you'll be looking at about two to three years. Some people say four to five years

基本上大約是 2 到 3 年，有些人說 4 到 5 年

but I've never known them to live that long. There are three kinds of hisses that these guys can do.

但我沒看過牠們活這麼久，牠們可以發出三種嘶嘶聲

Uh, the first one is a "don't touch me" hiss, which is when they're startled or surprised or uncomfortable or under attack,

第一種是「別碰我」的嘶嘶聲，當牠們受到驚嚇、被偷襲或感到不舒服、被攻擊時會發出的

um, and the other one that they do is a, um,

另一個牠們會做的是

sort of like a more of a romantic hiss to try and entice the ladies for breeding.

有點浪漫的嘶嘶聲，為了引誘母蟑螂來繁殖

Um, typically if you keep them in pairs

通常如果你養了一對

then you'll here it at night time when they get jiggy. And the third one that they do is they combative hiss

晚上牠們在「辦事」的時候你就會聽到這種聲音。第三個是殺氣騰騰的嘶嘶聲

so when the males are gonna fight for,

所以當公蟑螂要爭奪權力的時候

um, dominance, they use these little humps which you should be able to see. Let me see if I can get my camera to focus.

牠們用頭上的小突起物，你應該可以看到，讓我試試看攝影機能不能對焦

You can see there. There's two humps on

你可以看到這裡有兩個突起

top of his head. They use those for fighting with each other until one of them backs down

在頭頂上，牠們這兩個突起來打架，直到一方放棄

and then that one is the winner. There is something pretty cool about these guys is they have these little mites that live on them and

然後另一方就是贏家，有個很酷的是這些傢伙身上有一些螨與他們共生

if you look carefully you can sometimes

如果你仔細看有時候可以

get a glimpse of them if they're particularly large mites. And these mites will basically live on the cockroach.

稍微瞥見那些稍大一點的螨，而且基本上這些螨只會待在蟑螂身上

Um, they won't come off onto you, don't worry. They have no interest whatsoever in, in,

牠們不會跑到你身上，不用擔心。螨對你沒有興趣

being on your hand or giving you some kind of weird disease.

不會想跑到你手上或帶給你奇怪的疾病

Um, still you should wash your hands after handling them just in case, but they live on the cockroach

你在把玩牠們之後還是要洗手以防萬一，但螨還是只住在蟑螂身上

and they will use the cockroach as a food source, so they will nibble on the exoskeleton.

螨以蟑螂為食物來源，所以螨會一點一點的啃食骨骼

They will also, um, eat some of the cockroach's food when a cockroach walks over food like apples and bananas, et cetera.

螨也會吃蟑螂的食物，當蟑螂走過蘋果、香蕉等等食物時

Um, and, not only that, they actually work really well

不只如此，其實螨跟蟑螂合作良好

in keeping a cockroach clean and free of mold spores as well. So it's what we call a symbiotic relationship.

螨可以保持蟑螂的乾淨，也釋放黴菌孢子，所以我們可以說牠們是共生關係

That's a relationship where it's mutually beneficial. The quickest way to kill your cockroach, um, other than feeding it,

是個互利共生的關係。殺死你的蟑螂最快的方法，除了拿去餵其他動物

something, uh, which is not good for them, is to

其他還有一些方法，對牠們來說不是好事

um, keep them too cold. They don't like the cold and they will perish, so, um,

就是讓牠們待在寒冷環境，牠們不喜歡寒冷環境，然後牠們會死掉，所以…

try and keep them outside of drafts. Um, don't keep them on direct sunlight. They don't like direct sunlight.

試著把牠們養在室外通風處，不要太陽直接照射，牠們不喜歡直接照到太陽

They need lots of places to hide to feel secure and safe. Um, that can be something as simple as a loo roll

牠們需要很多空間來躲藏，才能感到安心、安全，可以是一些像捲筒一樣簡單的東西

um, cardboard bit. You know when you finish a toilet roll, that little roll in the middle.

厚紙板，你知道當你用完廁所捲筒衛生紙，中間的小捲筒

They like to hide in those or even egg cartons. You can use discarded egg cartons.

牠們喜歡躲在那種地方，或是蛋盒，你可以使用不要的蛋盒

They like to hide and breed in those too. These guys are great, I can't recommend them enough.

牠們也喜歡躲在那裏面，或是繁殖。這些小傢伙很棒，我沒辦法一一介紹

I think they're a really great starter pet to introduce your kids to

我想牠們很適合讓初次養寵物的人飼養，可以帶領你的孩子負責

responsibility, or if you're teacher and you need a classroom pet because they are fairly hardy and as you can see they are very very gentle. Other

或是如果你是個老師，而你需要一個教室寵物，因為牠們命夠硬，而且如你看到的，牠們很優雅

than the occasional hiss

除了偶爾發出嘶嘶聲

and the occasional burst of speed, they're not going to hurt you.

還有偶爾暴走，牠們不會傷害你

Um, just don't go eating them. For some reason there are two-

但就是別吃牠們，因為一些原因有兩…

Now I don't want to be disrespectful here, because I know people who know of one at the incidents that

我不想要這麼失禮，因為我有認識的人知道那個事件

I'm gonna talk about very briefly. But I know of two incidents where different establishments have done

我會講得很簡略，但我知道有兩次事件是不同的機構舉辦

competitions where you eat live cockroaches and other invertebrates to win a prize.

競賽，看誰能吃下活蟑螂跟其他無脊椎動物就能贏得獎品

Um, don't do that because they do have a neurotoxin in them which numbs your mouth. And aside from that being quite, in my

別這麼做，因為牠們含有神經毒素會麻痺你的嘴巴。先不談這是個非常，對我個人來說

opinion, cruel, if you're eating live cockroaches, um, you can asphyxiate. And in one of the, um,

殘忍的，如果你吃下活蟑螂，你會窒息。而在其中一個我要說明的事件中

cases that I'm referring to, which my boyfriend was present at, though not participating in, um, someone did unfortunately

那時我的男朋友也在場，雖然沒有參加，但有人這麼做了

and very sadly die from eating live cockroaches.

很不幸也很難過地，因為吃下活蟑螂而死了

Please don't do it. The other incident which I don't know much about, um,

請不要這麼做，另一次事件我並不是很清楚

but that I know of because it's quite well documented, um, is Six Flags. Anyone in the states knows Six Flags.

但我知道，因為它有被記錄下來，就是六旗樂園。許多在美國的人都知道六旗樂園

Um, I believe it's in either New Jersey or New York. I think it's New Jersey? Is that right? I think it's in New Jersey, Six Flags.

我相信它是在紐澤西或紐約，我想應該是紐澤西，是嗎？我想是在紐澤西，六旗樂園

Um, and

然後

it's a theme park for those who you don't know, and they actually in

那是為了某些人設立的主題樂園，他們實際上在

2006 had a similar competition and that was for people to eat live

2006 年有個小比賽，就是讓吃下活的馬達加斯加蟑螂的人

Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches to gain free entry to the theme park. Just don't do it, these guys have very very,

獲得免費入園機會。別再這麼做了！這些小傢伙有非常

um, spiky legs, which don't hurt they just use them to grip and to hold on, but they can get into your lungs, they can make

充滿尖刺的腳，不會傷人，牠們只是用來抓住東西，但牠們可能會進到你的肺，牠們會讓你

you asphyxiate. Uh, it's very difficult to swallow these guys as well.

窒息，但要吞下這些傢伙也很困難

Um, because that neurotoxin that I was talking about earlier, it it numbs your mouth, so you don't know if you're swallowing or breathing or or anything.

因為我剛剛提到的神經毒素，它會麻痺你的嘴巴，所以你不知道你現在是否在吞嚥或呼吸或其他的

Um, that's not to say that they can't be eaten. I'm sure they can if prepared properly and I have no issue with that.

並不是說牠們不能吃，我很確定牠們可以吃，如果你有好好處理的話，我對於食用蟑螂沒有甚麼問題

You know a lot of people eat insects around the world, and they are a great source of protein.

你知道世界上有很多人會吃昆蟲，昆蟲也是個很好的蛋白質來源

Um, I

我

personally just don't do it because for me they're pets and not food. Well

個人來說就是不會這麼做，因為對我來說牠們是我的寵物不是食物，好的

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I have so much planned. I'm really excited about that. I don't want to tell you just yet. You have to-

我計畫了好多，我真的很興奮，因為還沒準備好所以我不想跟你說，你必須…

Just subscribe and you'll see. Thanks so much for watching and we hopefully will see you again very soon. Bye!

訂閱，然後就能看到了，感謝你的收看，希望我們很快就能見面，拜拜！

Rid yourself of toxic people in your life.

擺脫你人生中的小人

If people are being negative and putting you down,

如果有人是非常負面且會羞辱你的話

telling you that you or your job or your body are not good enough,

告訴你，你或你的工作或你的一切都不夠好

"See ya!" Hey, don't forget to subscribe.

「滾吧！」嘿，別忘了訂閱