Mega Cockroach Trap

Cockroaches are one of the few creatures that could possibly survive a nuclear apocalypse, but a team of Japanese researchers wanted to find a less destructive solution to ridding homes of these pests. So, the team at Earth Chemicals created a “mega cockroach trap”, or in other words, a platform covered in a highly sticky substance. To test its effectiveness, they filmed a lab coat, an athlete, and a sumo wrestler’s fruitless attempts to cross it. Click here to view the first image in this week’s funny school pictures gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of seemingly gravity-defying jumpers.

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