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Feedback: Get the love bug with zoo's cockroach-naming scheme

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13 February 2019

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Paul McDevitt

Love bug

is in the air this week – albeit in a heavily commercialised and somewhat forced way. Those of a cynical bent may wish to take advantage of an offer from a zoo in Sevenoaks, UK. For a measly £1.50, members of the public can name one of the Hemsley Conservation Centre’s cockroaches after their ex.

To keep things relatively civil, only the first name will be written on a board outside the roach enclosure. Feedback has never been happier to be pseudonymous.

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