COCKROACH FARTS CHOKE THE WORLD
Daily Star Sunday|November 06, 2022
They're causing global warming
ISOBEL DICKINSON
COCKROACH FARTS CHOKE THE WORLD

FARTING cockroaches could be fuelling a climate catastrophe.

The bottom-burping bugs' numbers have soared because of record-breaking temperatures.

And experts say insect flatulence may account for one-fifth of all the methane emissions on the planet - with cockroaches among the worst offenders.

Rentokil say one tiny cockroach can emit as much as 35g of methane a year.

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