On Valentine’s Day, say it with… cockroaches

Agence France-Presse



NEW YORK—Shakespeare asked if he should compare his lover “to a summer’s day.” A New York zoo suggests cockroaches instead.

Ahead of Valentine’s Day next month the Bronx Zoo wants New Yorkers to pay $10 for the right to give their sweetheart’s name — or perhaps that of an ex — to one of its Madagascar hissing cockroaches.

For $25, lovebirds can name a cockroach couple.

“There is no better way to say ‘forever’ than with the gift of a cockroach. The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo is offering a light-hearted way to make sure your loved one knows your feelings are forever — with a roach in their name,” the zoo said in a statement.

“Each gift comes with a colorful certificate emailed to your loved one announcing that a cockroach has been named in his or her honor.”

To sweeten the deal, the zoo is also offering boxes of chocolate replica cockroaches.