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Yes you can step on cockroaches, but there is a chance that the eggs will hatch.

Roach eggs hatch in about 4 weeks, so if you find a roach, which has eggs in it, you'll flatten and kill the eggs as well, the only time when they survive is when they are about to hatch, that's when they survive, and that's how the "if you step on a cockroach you'll get eggs on your shoes" fable started.

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