Cockroach eating promotion
Six Flags theme parks are having cockroach eating contests in celebration of Halloween. According to this story from Reuters, the deal is if you eat a "live Madagascar hissing cockroach," (Wow. Hissing.) you can get in free or even jump ahead of lines. Of course PETA is flipping out -- "Insects do not deserve to be eaten alive especially for a gratuitous marketing gimmick." Especially for marketing.
According to Reuters, though, "the only complaints [Six Flags] received were from people who did not have the opportunity to sign up and eat a cockroach because only 12 of its 30 parks in the United States, Canada, and Mexico were participating in the promotion." OK stop right there. Can you imagine calling a theme park and complaining that the park near your home doesn't offer a cockroach eating contest?
In case you're wondering, by the way, a Madagascar hissing cockroach is a "large, wingless cockroach[] that can grow to between 1.5 to 3 inches." Six Flags says "the cockroaches were raised in a sterile environment and were as safe to eat as shrimp or lobster with high nutritional value."
According to Reuters, though, "the only complaints [Six Flags] received were from people who did not have the opportunity to sign up and eat a cockroach because only 12 of its 30 parks in the United States, Canada, and Mexico were participating in the promotion." OK stop right there. Can you imagine calling a theme park and complaining that the park near your home doesn't offer a cockroach eating contest?
In case you're wondering, by the way, a Madagascar hissing cockroach is a "large, wingless cockroach[] that can grow to between 1.5 to 3 inches." Six Flags says "the cockroaches were raised in a sterile environment and were as safe to eat as shrimp or lobster with high nutritional value."
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