For Valentine’s Day The Original ‘Name-a-Roach’ Returns
BY ALEX MITCHELL
Since 2011 the Bronx Zoo
has been offering the only Valentine’s
Day gift that will last
forever – the original Name-a-
Roach.
For the past decade, the
Bronx Zoo offers the opportunity
to symbolically name
its 10,000-plus giant Madagascar
hissing cockroaches. The
tongue-in-cheek Valentine’s
Day gift comes with a colorful
certifi cate emailed to your
loved one announcing that a
cockroach has been named in
his or her honor.
The Name-a-Roach offering
is a fun, light-hearted way
to make sure your loved one
knows your feelings will last
a lifetime while helping the
Bronx Zoo and WCS further
its mission to save wildlife and
wild places in New York and
around the world.
For a $15 donation, your Valentine
will receive a printable
certifi cate featuring the name
chosen for the roach named in
their honor. To make an extra
special impression, orders can
be upgraded to include a lovable
plush roach, a scented roach
candle, or a special Valentine
virtual Bronx Zoo Animal Encounter
with a live Madagascar
hissing cockroach and
another animal guest. All upgrades
are while supplies last.
Name-a-Roach gift orders can
be placed at BronxZoo.com/
Roach.
The original Name-a-
Roach was launched by the
Bronx Zoo in 2011, and thousands
of hopeless romantics
from around the world have
named the zoo’s Madagascar
hissing cockroaches after
friends, family, and loved
ones. Previous names chosen
have been inspired by politics,
music, movies, and more. The
possibilities are limitless.
The zoo has plenty of
roaches to name with thousands
of the super-sized bugs
on exhibit in Madagascar! –
an award-winning habitat for
lemurs, crocodiles, and many
other species from the African
island nation.
Madagascar hissing cockroaches,
reaching nearly
four-inches long, are the
world’s largest roach species.
The namesake hissing noise
is emitted as a defense mechanism.
Unlike nearly every
other roach species, Madagascar
hissing cockroaches
are not considered pests and
rarely enter homes.
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