Why do roaches flip

Why do cockroaches flip on there back when they get killed

Answer #1

They don’t always - it depends on how they die.

Nerve agents cause them to seize and twitch, which results in them toppling over onto their backs where they inevitably die.

Answer #2

All I know is the only good one is a dead one !!

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