Deep Look | Cockroach vs. Hydraulic Press: Who Wins? | Season 10 | Episode 12 | PBS

Do cockroaches -- those daring, disgusting disease vectors -- have anything at all to offer us? Scientists think so. They compressed American roaches with a hydraulic press, subjecting them to the force of 900 times their body weight. Don't worry (or do): They survived! How exactly do they do it?