Does this sound like you? You’d rather snuggle in your soft warm bed until noon and hate waking up in the morning. Your brain can’t even figure out where your socks go until the recess bell rings. And your teacher doesn’t bother asking to answer a question (at least correctly) until after lunch. If this sounds way too familiar, you’re not alone. Scientists have discovered that another creature detests morning just as much as school kids do! Which ones? Would you believe cockroaches! Yikes!!

Yup, it’s creepy, it’s crawly, but it’s true. Cockroaches are slow starters that can’t get their brains into gear until later in the day. When scientists tested cockroaches’ ability to catch on to a new task, they were pretty sorry specimens in the morning. But they were as bright as a button later in the day. Scientists have never seen a creature that gets smarter as the day goes on before (I guess they’ve never studied teenagers!). It turns out that these critters just can’t keep a thought in their head in the morning! What gives? Scientists have absolutely no idea whatsoever! They are stumped.