Relationship Closure: Feed a cockroach named after your ex to some zoo animals Relationship Closure: Feed a cockroach named after your ex to some zoo animals By Emily Griffin | February 14, 2021 at 3:11 PM EST - Updated February 14 at 7:38 PM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Are you feeling bitter this Valentine’s Day? Maybe you have an ex still on your mind? Zoo New York had a solution. It was a fundraiser, and for five bucks, you could name a cockroach after your ex and have it fed to the animals. Sunday, zoo workers drew 15 names for a live feeding on Facebook. Those cockroach snacks, for some zoo chickens- Midnight, Hai Hai, Lavendar and Duck.