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Giant cockroach inflatable crawls across your pool: Kill it with fire

When pool noodles and water wings aren't exciting enough for you, turn to a massive floating cockroach to make your swimming adventures a little more terrifying.

Amanda Kooser
Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.
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Gross. Just gross.

Kangaroo Manufacturing

I don't usually give pool floats a second thought. Then I saw a giant inflatable cockroach pool float, and now I can't get it out of my mind. Kangaroo Manufacturing calls it the "Nasty Roach." It's 70 inches (about 1.8 meters) in length, which is plenty long enough to crawl into your nightmares and never leave.

The floating roach is made from vinyl and has all sorts of disgusting details like segmented legs, antennae and life-like coloration. Kangaroo warns, "Extermination services will not work in swimming pools." You will need a different kind of extermination service if you want to rid your pool of giant inflatable cockroaches. I would suggest a thumbtack.

Kangaroo Manufacturing looks like it's trying to corner the market on bizarre pool floats. Want a floating emoji poop symbol? No problem! How about a swan the size of a dinosaur? Got you covered. Prefer to lounge on a slice of pizza? Sure thing. This is one crust that won't get soggy.

The real fun begins when you start stacking the floats. Put that Godzilla-sized cockroach on top of a massive pizza slice and you're sure to have the pool all to yourself.

(Via Bored Panda)