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Name a cockroach after your ex and watch it get eaten for Valentine's Day
By Alaa Elassar, CNN
Name a cockroach after your ex and watch it get eaten for Valentine's Day
ever had a dream where the ex who broke your heart ruined your credit and ran off with your best friend was fed to a giant boa constrictor. Will. Every once in a while, dreams do come true. The San Antonio Zoo is hosting a Crimea cockroach event and is letting scorned lovers watch their ex's name sake get devoured while helping a good cause. People could buy a cockroach for $5 or, if it was a particularly horrible ex, a rat for $25 and the zoo will name them after your ex. Then, on Valentine's Day, the San Antonio Zoo will live stream on Facebook as hungry birds and scary looking reptiles snack on the rats and cockroaches while your ex's name is flashed on the screen, seeing an ex literally crushed. Now that's a satisfying Valentine's Day.
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Name a cockroach after your ex and watch it get eaten for Valentine's Day
By Alaa Elassar, CNN
Ever felt like ripping your ex's head off?Well now you can. Sorta.For just $5, the San Antonio Zoo will name a cockroach after your former significant other and feed it to a bird, reptile or mammal. It's part of the zoo's "Cry Me a Cockroach" event on Valentine's Day.And if your ex-boo was an especially snaky one, pay $20 more to have zoo keepers feed a frozen rat to a reptile instead.For those not into critters, the zoo offers a $5 herbivore option that consists of romaine lettuce, cabbage and other leafy greens that can be fed to vegetarian animals.The best part of the deal? You don't have to be at the zoo to watch your ex-turned-pest get eaten up. San Antonio Zoo plans to stream the feedings on Facebook Live.You'll even receive a certificate to share on social media. If you're feeling brave enough, post it and tag that unlucky someone.Jilted lovers have until Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. ET to register on the zoo's website. Only first names will be displayed during the event.The money raised from the "Cry Me A Cockroach" event will go towards expanding the zoo's jaguar habitat with a connected overhead catwalk.

Ever felt like ripping your ex's head off?

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Well now you can. Sorta.

For just $5, the San Antonio Zoo will name a cockroach after your former significant other and feed it to a bird, reptile or mammal. It's part of the zoo's "Cry Me a Cockroach" event on Valentine's Day.

And if your ex-boo was an especially snaky one, pay $20 more to have zoo keepers feed a frozen rat to a reptile instead.

For those not into critters, the zoo offers a $5 herbivore option that consists of romaine lettuce, cabbage and other leafy greens that can be fed to vegetarian animals.

The best part of the deal? You don't have to be at the zoo to watch your ex-turned-pest get eaten up. San Antonio Zoo plans to stream the feedings on Facebook Live.

You'll even receive a certificate to share on social media. If you're feeling brave enough, post it and tag that unlucky someone.

Jilted lovers have until Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. ET to register on the zoo's website. Only first names will be displayed during the event.

The money raised from the "Cry Me A Cockroach" event will go towards expanding the zoo's jaguar habitat with a connected overhead catwalk.