{"id":1362,"date":"2011-05-10T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T04:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2011-05-09T22:52:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T02:52:11","slug":"tuesday-tunes-la-cucaracha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/10\/tuesday-tunes-la-cucaracha\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Tunes – La Cucaracha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"RyanIn honour of the Latin American celebration of Cinco de Mayo, I bring you an iconic entomological song that most people will instantly recognize! While the original lyrics were about a disabled cockroach, this song became popular during the Mexican Revolution, with people creating their own lyrics to mirror their political ties. The original lyrics however are pretty fun:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Spanish<\/th>\nEnglish<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
La cucaracha, la cucaracha,<\/em><\/td>\nThe cockroach, the cockroach,<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ya no puede caminar<\/em><\/td>\ncan’t walk anymore<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
porque no tiene, porque le falta<\/em><\/td>\nbecause it doesn’t have, because it’s lacking<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
las dos patitas de atr\u00e1s.<\/em><\/td>\nits two back legs.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

(Lyrics courtesy of Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I’ve seen many insects which are lacking legs and still mobile, so it’s a little odd that these are the lyrics which started it all. As many urbanites may attest, killing a cockroach is not the simplest task and urban legends maintain that cockroaches will inherit the world following a nuclear holocaust. Perhaps we’ve just been taking the wrong approach this whole time, and removing the back legs is all that’s needed to stop these household pests!<\/p>\n