cigarette cockroach

[Demovictory9]

Link to tweet

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/19/us/nyc-cigarette-cockroach-viral-video-trnd/index.html

First there was pizza rat.

Then Hennessy rat came along.

Now, cigarette cockroach is the latest pest in New York caught on video indulging in its favorite vice.
On Friday, attorney Tom Kretchmar tweeted the video that shows the insect dragging a cigarette across a sewer grate, at times struggling but seemingly determined to get its nicotine fix.

The video, shot at the intersection of 53rd Street and Fifth Avenue, has garnered 19,000 retweets and 86,000 likes.
Kretchmar said he watched the cockroach for 90 seconds before moving on.
The Twittersphere responded with a mix of fascination and disgust.
"Whose ex boyfriend is this?" tweeted one user.

Others showed a strange empathy toward cigarette cockroach.
"I guess if you have a lifespan of only 160 days, you might think, 'Why not?'" NPR host Scott Simon tweeted.
"Been a hell of a week for us all," Josh Grubbs tweeted.

[LeftInTX]

1. That's an American Cockcoach and it has a lifespan of 2 years

Of all common cockroach species, the American cockroach has the largest body size; molts 6–14 times (mostly 13 times) before metamorphosis; and has the longest lifecycle, up to about 700 days.[9]

They are scary as f____ when they're in your home.

[Laffy Kat]

2. You just hate to see this.

Such a disgusting habit. Soon it will be carrying off discarded Nicorette.

[2naSalit]

3. Tells you all you need to know...

about what a screwed up mess we live in right now! Sheesh, even the cockroaches have taken up smoking fer gawd's sake!

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Let's tell all the cockroaches that vaping is safer. nt

[diva77]

5. LOL!!!