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Cockroaches are among the most impressive species, known for their abilities to hold their breath for over thirty minutes underwater, survive up to a month without food or hydration, and remain alive for weeks after a decapitation. Such accomplishments have allowed these daring roaches to flourish for over 320 million years. Of course, none of these feats of valor compare to their most signature skill: calisthenics.

Calisthenics is a discipline that combines strength training and aerobics. It is an art that requires great stamina, mental fortitude, and an aptitude for rhythm. It is utilized to this day by militaries around the world as means of achieving ... peak physical condition. Naturally, a proficiency in calisthenics is not something just any creature can attain—it took humans nearly two millennia, after all.

It is the cockroach, however, that boasts superiority in this field. For these tall and toned, broad-bodied brutes have been refining their technique for epochs, pioneering a perfect harmony of balance, coordination, and agility. And there is no better display of their prowess in calisthenics than what can be witnessed in this brief animation—blink and you'll miss it!

Marvel as these giga-bug gracious, beautiful and bodacious insects put their Blattoidean brawn to the test, in Sawako Kabuki's "Gokiburi Taisou". Can you handle the full scope of their talent?