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Thank you Japan for making a scientist, sprinter and sumo wrestler run across a giant cockroach trap

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

What happens when a scientist, sprinter and sumo wrestler are asked to run across a giant cockroach trap? Thankfully the good people at Earth Chemical in Japan did the extremely painful testing for us.

Thank you Japan, from the bottom of our hearts. Now let’s see how they did:

The Scientist
scientist

Two steps. Sorry scientist -- not so good. Your stellar brain power cant get you out of this one.

The Sprinter
sprinter

Five steps -- then everything went very, very badly for the speedy runner.

The Sumo Wrestler

Look, I’m not going to tell you how this one went because a picture speaks a thousand words.

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(h/t Reddit)

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