Name a cockroach after someone you love or hate

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Want to show someone some extra love this Valentine’s Day? Maybe not in the mood for the day at all?

The Bronx Zoo in New York is letting people name a Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) after someone they love, while The Florida Aquarium is letting people name one after an ex or someone else who has wronged you.

For $15 at the Bronx Zoo, you can name a hissing cockroach after your loved one, which is complete with a digital certificate.

The zoo’s Name a Roach program is in its 11th year, according to NPR. It also includes 15-minute virtual encounters with the hissing insects, as well as socks and hats with cockroach designs.

As the zoo’s website says, name a roach for your Valentine “because roaches are forever.”

For those not celebrating Valentine’s Day, The Florida Aquarium will let you name a cockroach, and you also get a commemorative certificate and photo of the cockroach for a $10 donation.

The Valentine’s Day campaign promises not to “Hiss and Tell.” When you donate to name a cockroach, you can “send along a message with words you wish you had said or your funny revenge confession! Amusing, family-friendly confessions will be posted with anonymity on The Florida Aquarium’s social media,” according to the website.

Madagascar hissing cockroaches are the world’s largest cockroach species. They emit a hissing noise as a defense mechanism. Unlike most other roach species, Madagascar hissing cockroaches are not considered pests and rarely enter homes.

Would you name a cockroach after someone you love or an ex? Let us know in the comments below.