This always makes me think. Cockroaches don’t bite, are not venomous, basically can’t do us any harm. I’m not afraid of wild dogs, spiders, tarantulas, scorpions, snakes, wolves, hyenas, wild hogs, bears (encountered them all) but I might actually scream if I get surprised by a cockroach.
I think this collective fear of cockroaches that we have cannot be without reason and must have an evolutionary reason.
Apparently the feeling is mutual. Studies have shown that if you touch a roach, it will find a safe place and then clean itself.
Why do they attack you then. One of the only few creatures that I’ve seen that will straight up run/fly at you.
That particular roach may not have touched a human before? I don’t know. I just know that the oil on our skin and the oil on their carapace don’t mix which is why both species seem to find the other one unpleasant to touch.