âAlternative medicine,â so-called âcomplementary and alternative medicineâ (CAM), or, as itâs become fashionable to call it, âintegrative medicineâ is a set of medical practices that are far more based on belief than science.
Although most crocodiles eat about 50 meals a year, they can survive a whole year, and sometimes even two or three years, without eating anything.
For example, a cockroach possesses a higher immunity against radiation than humans, (although it cannot survive a nuclear explosion), it can hold its breath for as long as 40 minutes, and it can last for weeks without food. However, the most amazing thing of allâ¦ a cockroach can survive without its head! And not just for a minute or twoâ¦ a decapitated cockroach can go on living for weeks on end!. Before we delve deeper into this mystery of roachesâ headless survival, letâs first examine why humans (and almost every other creature on the planet) cannot survive without their precious heads.