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00:00Why do Thais call croc roaches Peter?
00:02Well, many sources say that it comes from a 1996 film called Joe's Apartment.
00:08Joe moves from Iowa to New York City and finds himself a surprisingly cheap apartment in the big city.
00:14But there's a catch.
00:15The cheap price comes with living with 50,000 croc roaches that can sing and dance.
00:21Some sources beg to differ, arguing that two of the main croc roaches were called Rodney and Rolf.
00:27So maybe one of the 50,000 croc roaches might have been named Peter?
00:32Another source mentioned that it came from a teen drawing book called Boy.
00:36The artist's pen name was Wa-Wen, and it was a book similar to a drawing diary and began publication around the 80s.
00:43The artist named a croc roach in their home Peter, and readers of this book started calling croc roaches Peter as well.
00:50So have you ever heard a Thai person calling a croc roach Peter?