Still looking for a Valentine’s Day gift for that special — or, not so special — someone? The Brookfield Zoo has an idea for you: A cockroach.
“It doesn’t have to be your ex,” Tim Sullivan, Brookfield Zoo Director of Behavior Husbandry told NBC Chicago Tuesday. “You can name it after someone you love.”
Through Feb. 14, the zoo is holding its popular “Name a Cockroach” campaign, offering the chance for guests to “symbolically” name a Madagascar hissing cockroach. The naming rights, the zoo said, come in the form of a $15 donation that supports the zoo’s conservation projects.
Sullivan brought two of the cockroaches to the NBC Chicago studios Tuesday.
“It’s really large,” Sullivan said, though the ones who visited were more medium-sized. “They can get up to three inches long.”
According to Sullivan, the “hissing” is what makes the cockroaches unique.
“When it’s angry, or when it wants to find another mate, or when it wants to fight with another male, it has the ability to make different types of hissing sounds it uses to communicate,” Sullivan said.
The cockroaches live on the forest floor of Madagascar, Sullivan said, helping to recycle leaf litter, rotting trees and vegetation before turning it back into soil.
“You need millions to do that,” Sullivan said. “They are food for other animals, so they hide during the daytime.”
Sullivan added that the male cockroach is differentiated from the female by the “little horns” on top of its head.
“When they are in the mood, the male and the female make certain noises to let everyone else know they’re ready,” he said.
According to the zoo, donors will receive a Certificate of Naming “that can be filled out and shared or hung on a wall to remember the cockroach.” If the donation is made before 5 p.m. on Feb. 5, the names will be hung on the Cockroach Naming Board at Hamill Family Play Zoo, Sullivan said.
Those who want to name a cockroach can fill out the Brookfield Zoo’s form here.
“They have a bad name and a little stigma, but they are actually very important to the world,” Sullivan said.
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