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How exactly are cockroaches able to survive the radiation of a nuclear bomb?
gpt
Cockroaches probably wouldn't survive that well actually. The adults can withstand radiation pretty well and not die, but 1,000 rads and they will lose the ability to reproduce. So the cockroach is still dead.   
   
Fruitflies on the other hand can withstand around 64,000 rads and flour beetles will live through 100,000 rads. Most cockroaches are dead at around 10,000. So the cockroach would not fare well in a nuclear war. The kitchen pests that will inherit the earth are the flies and the beetles.