A cockroach can live for a week without its head! Due to their open circulatory system, and the fact that they breathe through little holes in each of their body segments, they are not dependent on the mouth or head to breathe. In fact, the roach would only die because, without a mouth, it couldn't drink water and would die of thirst.
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