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Jeepers creepers! đŸ˜± Houston museum offers creepy Valentine’s Day gift sure to make your skin crawl

‘Because nothing makes a heart beat faster than a roach’

File image of a hissing cockroach (Pixabay)

HOUSTON – Roses are red, violets are blue, want a hissing cockroach named after you?

The Houston Museum of Natural Science is offering the lovestruck and lovelorn the chance to name a hissing cockroach in honor of their special someone, or ex-someone.

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The $10 cockroach valentine includes a certificate and commemorative pin. You can view your cockroach at the Heartbreak Motel located inside the museum gift shop through Feb. 14.

Proceeds from the promotion benefit the Cockrell Butterfly Center.

For more information, visit https://www.hmns.org/cockrell-butterfly-center/endless-love/.

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Briana Zamora-Nipper joined the KPRC 2 digital team in 2019. When she’s not hard at work in the KPRC 2 newsroom, you can find Bri drinking away her hard earned wages at JuiceLand, running around Hermann Park, listening to crime podcasts or ransacking the magazine stand at Barnes & Noble.

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