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The
cockroaches were probably imported to be fed to
reptiles. Professional snake catcher Stefanie Lesser said the roaches were more "cost-
" than feeding lizards smaller
. Ms Lesser added that the roaches could have become an
species and caused a lot of harm to indigenous creatures like crickets, which birds rely on. She said: "If they got out and they had a
on them, they could
wipe out all the crickets." She told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that if diseased cockroaches entered the food
, they could "potentially wipe out a
lot of native animals". Sadly, the impounded bugs will be killed and disposed of by
.