Roach you be mine?
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Valentine’s Day at a Kentucky preserve didn’t come with much love in the air this year. In an effort to raise money for a new turtle enclosure, the Louisville Nature Center offered locals a chance to make petty gestures toward their exes. As part of the anti-romantic event, the center allowed patrons to pay $10 to name a cockroach. Employees said they would then begin feeding the named roaches to Francis the turtle around Feb. 14. Officials hoped proceeds from the event would cover the cost of a better enclosure for the turtle, who was rescued from a hoarder.
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