Can Eating Insects Save the World - BBC

[@adrias4685]

"This is the biggest one. You can have it." I know they were teasing him with it being a big spider but given how little they have to eat it was so sweet and pure and it hit my heart like a freight train 😭

[@vandyniyomkham5032]

he's not a drug dealer, he's a bug dealer.

[@tl4480]

🤣🤣🤣

[@brandonhoodlumroy2929]

@636lover1 lmao

[@Ksbabyg]

Those kids are adorable. I cried when I saw how much rice they have with that small tarantula just to fill their hungry stomachs😭😭😭 And very generous they gave Stefan the big one💔

[@faiz434]

+ks babyg That's quite a decent serving of rice for one meal.

[@Ksbabyg]

+Fayze I know it's a decent amount but what I am pointing out is it's a lot of rice for a tiny piece of tarantula.

[@veasnaith7648]

That’s because they don’t have much to eat other than rice. Gotta hunt for their food. Don’t have money where you can just go to a market to buy meat and other thing. This is a treat for them.

[@camerongalway5512]

won't lie those crickets look damn good!!

[@coffeelink943]

life-of Cam I had them before when I went to Thailand for vacation. It's really good and it taste like popcorn ,but without butter and it comes with different flavors such as Bacon, salt and vinegar, BBQ etc and it isn't hard to eat as long you don't think about it and focus on the flavor it's easy to eat

[@billybareblu]

I had them in Mexico and they are great. They are best if you get them right after they moult their shell, so that they are more tender. Fried crisp, tossed with rice and wrapped in a tortilla with some lettuce, onion, tomato salsa and jalapeno slices. You bite into it and they are crispy but then give way to tender as you chew. I was thinking how good they would be with soy sauce, and I suspect they would be awesome tossed into some typical fried rice, right at the end of cooking, so that they stay crisp.

[@seriouslydont402]

As I watched this an ant walked past so I ate it. 'ant bad.

[@zoltanarya3499]

loool poor ant wrong place at wrong time

[@seriouslydont402]

zoltan arya it was a slow horrendous death. I put it over a fire with it's legs bound to a small rotating pin. Then before the heat could begin to affect it I took it off and ate it raw.

[@zoltanarya3499]

+lalala kieran hahaha you are good

[@mangomariel]

+lalala kieran I can't stop laughing :'D

[@vandyniyomkham5032]

i used to eat red ants when i was little, they taste sour.

[@forlini4876]

That’s a hard no for me.

[@RynaxAlien]

Go vegan, this will save more than planet

[@hunterkiller4578]

That music when they filmed about those child tarantula hunters it was emotional .

[@jacquelineconerly9150]

I'm glad he was respectful of the people and their food. The tarantula hunt and feast with the boys was great. 42:24

[@richardhe5973]

I eat insects, I ate nearly everything before. Put Bear Grylls to shame. My family's been through times of famine, once you go through famine, you'll eat anything.

[@hotspot131638837]

Respect brother

[@jason0870]

You all who want to eat a insect feast, by all means please enjoy, but I'll enjoy a salad, baked potatoes, with green beans and a big steak. We can all enjoy our foods of choice.

[@mushnoodle]

when the bugs on the crops earn you more than the crops lol

[@greenleafyman1028]

Hahahahhahahahahha

[@justinaturnbough2465]

Lolol

[@TheWALOS]

That kid pulled an H. Lividum out of a hole with his bare hands? I've owned one of those little guys in my collection as a teenager, but I would never dream of touching it. They're ridiculously aggressive.

[@taylorthao]

Ok wow so I just watched a video of Asians eating bugs and it got so many racist and rude comments but when a non Asian people are like omg That's so cool!

[@RiotHouseLP]

"Asian" sugar cookie, is concerned about "racist and rude comments" by "non Asian people". Anyone else see the irony here?

[@joeblow7960]

bitch, what?.

[@taylortran5307]

Asian sugar cookie I'm Asian

[@messiahking1710]

Asian sugar cookie you are so right！

[@lilaclizard4504]

actually I don't think non-Asians do think it's cool at all, look at the number of comments compared to most videos. Most "whites" either attack it or avoid the issue altogether. My favourite is vegans who attack meat eaters on ethical grounds but ignore the insect option, which is actually more ethical still! (btw I'm "white" & I find the racism of attacking people who eat bugs just wrong & very backward!)

[@eduardogze]

Those kids seem so happy, it´s amazing, they´re poor and yet happy as no one i've seen on my country (Mexico), life is beautiful.

[@indoorsandout3022]

You can get depressed from vitamin deficiency. Bugs have vitamins and are cheap. I feel generally good after eating bugs, there's a bounce in my step even though my life isn't very good. And I know Mexicans are usually okay with bugs, so it should not be hard to get them to eat more bugs. Chapulines from Oaxaca are among the best tasting bugs, and you also have the agave worms. They're all good, so it should be easy to fix it there. Getting Americans to eat bugs is as hard as pulling teeth.

[@Leotique]

This could also solve a bit of Food Waste problem, as you could feed some of the food losses and wastes to these insects. Having them as an alternative to meat means also you won't import that much soy, corn, grain anymore (maybe we would completely stop eating meat) which mean that the world market price of corn, soy and grain wouldn't increase rapidly and people of developing countries could still pay the high price and they won't have to starve that much as they already do...

[@chookalatemuffin]

A cricket saw me watching this video and ate my family.

[@shimomobourdain2648]

chookalatemuffin cricket monstaaa

[@Earthmoover]

Sauron wasn't killed, he became a bug hunter in Cambodia!!!

[@HAIRHOLIC_1]

We are built to eat insects, we just have to look at our teeth, they are not that sharp to tear raw meat apart, but they have that slight sharpness that allows us to bite into insects

[@heliomoonwave]

I love how he keeps saying "how extraordinary! That's extraordinary!" Haha - London elite. I love him

[@黄伟强-k7f]

scary

[@MrROTD]

You eat all kinds of bugs without knowing it anyways LOL

[@jjcream306]

+Rex Holes ikr

[@leslieamaya2713]

So discussing

[@chookalatemuffin]

mmmm protein

[@vandyniyomkham5032]

yeah if you eat fast food or pre-processed foods. the foods mentioned are worst for your health as well.

[@thehound9470]

British documentaries are second to none

[@Srindal4657]

I find them boring now.

[@jurgensamoilov9030]

totally agreed, i've never eaten insects consciously but i must try 'em at some point of my life. i am missing out on something that has so much potential! they grow and breed so quickly and very small resources ._.

[@daleksupreme2913]

How about no

[@michiilah]

the way the guy refers to tarantulas as "land crabs" oh god that makes me laugh so much

[@sfrancis8979]

It's now 2020 and our teacher recommended this video to us as an agriculture students during this pandemic (covid19) I Think I wanna try some and I hope someday I can have an insect farm😍

[@katoness]

Of course he did and of course you will. WEF really knows how to play you numpties.

[@martysgarden]

After watching this, I must say it has changed the way I view food and the sustainability on how we produce it. I am thirsty for more!

[@MsSnowMews]

dont knock it till you actualy try it

[@juliasmith3455]

Every time a new insect was introduced I would think, how gross! But once they showed the work it takes to gather them, they actually look quite good o.o

[@Ace1000ks]

If everyone ate bugs, there is no foot shortage, LOL.

[@Insect_Expert1489]

Insect habitats are endangered due the destruction of humans and non native animals thus so having them as food will take a long time until things go back to normal

[@BigSirZebras]

i was planning to go to this place that served crickets and worms and i tried to get over the squeamish feeling by telling myself that if i like shrimp and lobster and crab they are just like giant insects that live underwater. while it helped with the squeamish feeling and i ate the bugs when i went to the restaurant it also had a reverse effect and it made me not crave shellfish as much.

[@VectorChangeRailgun]

Can't believe me, who's still in highschool, actually watched this whole thing after finding some black ant lookin bugs growing from my lunch box 2 from 2 years ago..

[@MichaelHoutzager]

I run a couple of cricket farms in the United States. In 2014 I worked with several small companies to get their cricket production started so they could produce crickets for human consumption. We'll see where it goes in 2015.

[@astronics]

How did it go

[@cptnmus8996]

I would love to see this done again as a ten year retrospective, have we adopted more bugs into our diets?

[@davidmcd9493]

My 10 year old son was like," I mean I can understand my cousin who's two eating bugs, but grown ups?"

[@andrewkesson]

here in issan (n.e. Thailand)we eat a lot of things that are not accepted in my home of Scotland, my mother in law will eat nothing but food from the land, frogs worms grasshoppers,silk worm, it isn a snack, it is constant eating small amounts.Those water bugs have a nice arroma, tastes a bit like anaseed, they are crunchee!

[@clairewhite5789]

Klaus schwab never sleeps

[@tammy-lynnstewart5677]

Because such a large population do eat insects, I have always had a bit of an interest. Finally I ordered some already prepared insects from a store online & they are actually quite good! Good enough that I will be ordering some again. I will probably harvest my own this summer too. Once you get over the "bugs are icky" factor, it's all good.

[@SunScourge]

Many species, yes. There's nothing inherently bad about them (except species with venom glands and such). For example locusts and mealworms can just be freeze-dried and eaten (though they don't taste that remarkable without preparation). Some species are even eaten live by some cultures, though I'm personally not up for that :P

[@richardschoonover3675]

This isn't to far a stretch considering I'm pretty sure hot dogs already contain some percentage of bug parts in them anyways...

[@karenkoningen827]

This was actually great :) Thanks

[@Notzri90]

Their cure for getting a venomous tarantula bite is to pray at the ant hill if bitten.Happy hunting.

[@betarugula8886]

Had crickets before, freaked out a couple sales people eating it in front of them. Dropped their sales fair attitude on the SPOT.

[@robthedob85]

Absolutely amazing video! I have a new respect for eating insects now. I especially enjoyed the bit with him hunting for tarantulas with the Cambodian boys, very moving.

[@dest151]

if they mushed them up like chicken nuggets and gave them that nugget shape..people could be more open to it..lol after all chicken nuggets are chicken butts

[@amcglockton2]

I've gotta say every one of those red ant dishes looked friggin delicious.

[@Killicon93]

Took the words right out of my mouth. Back when I was in vocational school; our most lunches could be summed up as: A fuckton of salt with the side of some heavily processed meat. I'm glad that they had a good salad-table. It's also quite funny how western people have no problem eating a beef with the label of 70% Meat, 26% parts qualified as meat, yet make very hasty parables comparing eating bugs to eating shit.

[@mrohida]

This amazing documentary does not suggest a blanket solution nor does it even imply that you ignore the problem of overpopulation. it simply offers a, dare I say superior, alternative to our current source of proteins. Look at the environmental impact of bugs vs. cattle: Compare the carbon footprint and the water necessary between the two. From a practical and economical stand point; compare the cost vs yield of raising crickets to cattle. -Brilliant!

[@gfhyhy]

watching this has made me truly hungry

[@cbzombiequeen58]

UN wants humans to eat bugs, no problem, but, their reason is, we want to have land to farm. I raise mealworms and have been doing it for years. I even wrote a book. You need bedding, which in turn is their feed. That requires farming. All the bedding that is being used requires a lot of farming

[@vitoralves9850]

This is amazing!!! I hope I can visit those countries someday!

[@starcommittee7248]

I used to lived in Cambodia 🇰🇭: ) !!!

[@ssundeefan5259]

me too

[@camethedawn9096]

KZbin has separated from G+ and is currently returning the comment section back to the way it was. Good news.

[@JJTR-rz5ec]

Yeah I live in America I'm no eating insects

[@thandoc3934]

so funny when he says the lady cooking crickets is cruel, but he can eat lobstars, shrimps and does not feel the cruelty there.......... and i would love to try waterbugs

[@WildChildFromHell]

A lot of western food such as meat is processed due to size. Smaller things such as snails and prawns are often eaten whole.

[@nullvektor9922]

I love how it's always the poorest people who are the most generous. ;)

[@mazhender6077]

Fantastic documentry - thank you.

[@AppleArmy]

what is it in 9:21

[@ant6573]

tarantula bites are pretty weak, those kids were pranking him

[@billybareblu]

Those Cambodian tarantulas are small. In Texas we have them 7"-8" wide.

[@tvu24]

haha I know the feeling when looking at bugs. I love how they sell organic crickets flour/powder. Now I can experiment with making cookies

[@HangLe-es2er]

How is you company now?

[@CapChronic]

That's why us fables call them Mundies and my wizard friends call them Muggles.

[@CruzzioXT]

This is exactly what needs to happen. Process it so people don't see heads and legs, and people will be much more likely to try it.

[@anon5662]

I wondered what it is like eating that red ant dishes...

[@manuelmoraleda9684]

For this idea to flourish, a practical approach would be to introduce crickets as part of the menu in Thai restaurants after approval from health department of course. Separate tables should be designated so as not to 'freak out' those less adventurous.

[@katjatezak5816]

Nature provides them with a life of freedom and movement and food foraging, cramming them in a sack to suffocate, starve and slowly die is unacceptable just because they seem small and less sentient to us. People used to think that cows and pigs didn't feel and thus deemed themselves entitled to abuse them. This ignorant entitlement towards insects is just the same. If an animal is your food and keeps you alive you need to treat it with respect or you deserve to starve.

[@Insect_Expert1489]

nope I’ll have insects as my closest allies.Both of us are in a team!”

[@gnehzeey]

shrimps and lobsters are water bugs too!

[@SPARTANCHOPHEAD]

Finally the Thai's and Cambodian's can agree what we have in similarity and have peace.

[@chaejones3969]

I'd rather die...

[@pickneydem4087]

this could eradicate world hunger; i've just bought some on amazon

[@PHZadeW]

The hilarious thing about this film and the comments is that we are all talking about how people are used to eating processed foods and so they cannot bring themselves to eat insects and yet if you have eaten processed foods you have eaten a lot of insects already, as this food contains percentages of insects which they mark as Protein on the labels. I agree with Jim though, we need insect powders like in Europe and make more appetizing food like burgers or chips out of them, and add veggies! :)

[@yourowndamnecho]

"Only rich people are scared of them (tarantulas), poor people aren't." - 15-year-old Cambodian boy Then you realize how fortunate you are, typing in the comment section of a virtual world only accessible through devices that are worth possibly more than a life time's hunt for tarantulas.

[@MyLido]

Wow please upload more videos

[@nativeamericanfeather9948]

God Bless these children 🙏💗

[@silverphenix9]

im from denmark and i find Eating Insects completely normal i eat them when i can just because i well just like them

[@deusex2005]

Can Eating Insects Save the World? Me: Honestly? Fuck that! I ain't eating no Goddamn Insects.

[@ansonchan1973]

haha i would like to hear you say that again when you nearly starve to dead.

[@deusex2005]

Thank god I can atleast buy food and not starve to death then.

[@ansonchan1973]

Maurilio Bighetti when i say starve to death means you have no more food in the world, else you wont starve, unless you chose not to eat.

[@jimbronaugh]

"why are they dead"? when was the last time you threw a live pig in a skillet when you made your bacon and eggs? The problem with this type of video is that they show the creatures being eaten in a natural state. Most people in the west don't eat food in the natural state. We eat processed food. Turn this protein mass into a ground mass, mixed with buckwheat flour and spices, and fill a sausage skin with the blend and steam it and you have a very delicious and nutritious hot dog.

[@andrewkesson]

and you know all about our monks?.... lol.... the water bug is a surprising taste when they come from cleen water,,,you don't eat scorpions, they absorb mercury, the big locust you twist off the head and pull out the guts because they carry tape worm in there gut. meal worms, deep fried in peanut oil, jinglee (crickets), tak-a-tan (locust) , mang-dah (water bug)

[@xzavier2010]

I could actually see myself eating bugs with some fired rice 😃

[@Isaiahahahaha]

I might eat bugs but they have to be processed and marketed in ways that render them unrecognizable from like, an actual insect.

[@labrat748]

It was fun watching this!..and educational.

[@ThepigandThemonkey]

waiter waiter there is no flies in my soup

[@nonchalantd]

Dude had the hots for Carrie

[@rozniyusof2859]

Slimy... yet satisfying. -Lion King-

[@MrVenturadog]

they need a mechanization of the production to make it cheaper to then chicken in America or it won't catch on.

[@Ingrid-cq3fk]

Great documentary! I'd love to make those fried crickets... they look pretty tasty!

[@FingersKungfu]

The director girl Carrie is so cute when she is teased.

[@hemagurunh9731]

thucydides Neo yea she's all wet, bad girl

[@Tarsan97]

I think it is because our instincts says that insects may be dirty and infected with germs, since they crawl around in what ever. But the idea is real and interesting. As long as no one stops the madness of fast people growth we have to come up with things that is radical. But at one point the number of people is so large that no sein options will work anymore. That time we may start to eat each other

[@msebalogh99]

I was hearing and therefore thinking more about entomophagy lately. It sounds like a reasonable solution to many problems. I find it really hard to convince people just to think about the amount of meat they consume every day, whether it is necessary at all. I think Europeans and Americans in general will not eat insects unless they have to. No way anyone can pursue more than a marginal minority of them. But a MUST will come at some point.

[@KalpeshPatel78]

Flies are always welcome to come and sit on this food.

[@gmaureen]

Rather funny because the shrimp/prawn is a bug, a water bug, and most people in the western world have no problem eating them. Personally, I would have as much trouble eating sheep/lamb because I wasn't raised in an area where anyone ate this animal.

[@josephruizdepaz5061]

I aint gonna lie, that goo of eggs coming out of the cricket got me hungry

[@Chousakan]

It's a brilliant idea. Insects breed and grow so fast that we don't need to use steroids on them and they can also be gut loaded with vitamins and minerals as a final meal to make them more nutritious.

[@sandykoong]

My boyfriend used to live in a third world country. I asked if he was scared of bugs and big spiders, snakes etc... he said no. He is my bug catcher cause i am terrified of them.

[@Thalia_Itzel22]

PERHAPS try to think of this video as advocating a SUGGESTION? Its not necessarily mandating people to choose insects over beef or poultry... its showing you examples of how insects CAN be a valuable source of food.

[@amialacourse6089]

Gordon Ramsey rage alert 🚨