Should we eat bugs? - Emma Bryce

[@unnatit1692]

Me: waiter! Waiter: yes? Me: there is no fly in my soup Waiter: ...

[@namanpandya7832]

ingenious

[@kunjappy]

Get it. People you don't know entomophagy will say: WAITER!!!!!!! GET RID OF THIS FLY IN MY SOUP AND BRING ME A NEW BOWL OF SOUP!!!!

[@sjprpd]

Amazing 😂

[@NaseemAhmed-uv5xt]

Lol, genius.

[@aarone1777]

Thanks Kermit

[@neutralnarration1463]

I suggest we also live in pods! Affordable, inspirational, great for the environment. What's there not to love?

[@johnmanole4779]

I'd rather be vagrant. At least I'd have the whole of nature as my home.

[@michaelanderson8339]

Yes, eat ze bugs, live in a pod, wear ze mask and take ze injection! Beautiful

[@Nikola95inYT]

@@michaelanderson8339 the perfect society of obedient masses. As it should be.

[@megugu2155]

i suddenly got the urge to live in pods and eat bugs and rent everything i need!

[@atheistfromaustria]

@@michaelanderson8339 five injections at least - if you've survived the first four ones

[@Joshua-ch2ij]

“You will eat ze bugs and own nothing” Klaus Schwab

[@WangMingGe]

It's scary how many people in the comments blindly jump on this astroturfed bandwagon...

[@mirroredguitarist]

I can't wait to live in a communal pod and eat cockroach loaf!

[@LoArtesanal507]

Yup

[@michaelanderson8339]

@@mirroredguitarist Delicious... Such a beautiful future the great planners have for us pathetic plebs

[@weirdwalrus5757]

@@WangMingGecope swarthoid

[@o_tout0]

So give it a try *"Pop that insect into your mouth and Savoir the crunch"* Stares at cockroach. Cockroach: Chuckles I'm in danger.

[@marshalljarnagin9370]

Knowing French, that accidental misspelling of 'savor' as savoir is funny to me, because savoir is 'to know'. So you said, "...and to know the crunch."

[@sirmant1651]

You wont eat a raw insect probably, because it might have bacteria

[@Fluffypancakes-o7q]

DUDE NO! Xd

[@hurjireepz7021]

Not only is it crunchy and nutritious but it also has bonus bacteria

[@Zaihanisme]

Everything has bacteria, tho. But if roaches were farmed and fed a good diet, then prepared nicely like how we do with shellfish, they’d be okay. I’ve eaten some fried insects in Bangkok, Thailand and they were mostly yummy

[@marcdeluna8674]

hakuna matata

[@lalaithan]

It means No worries

[@Octosopa]

What a wonderfull phrase

[@blueeye2281]

In our language it means: No poop? Then you'll be killed.

[@311-ki9nm]

Labib Khan what language?

[@blueeye2281]

@@311-ki9nm Oh its Bengali. We call it Bangla.

[@beyblademan1234567]

LIVE IN THE POD! EAT THE BUGS!

[@_Iscream]

You are aware that not eating insects is a western thing, right? Right???

[@fasha7747]

@@_Iscream Not really. I'm Asian and here people don't eat insects. Even if they do, primarily for snacks and that's already rare enough.

[@fasha7747]

@@_Iscream Not really. I'm Asian and here people don't eat insects. Even if they do, primarily for snacks and that's already rare enough.

[@chieckenman4432]

@@_Iscream "everybody outside the west is a 3rd world, bug eating uncivilized humans!"

[@Professional_Goober-z6t]

​@@_Iscream Least obvious fed

[@lolin123]

lion king made bugs look like a movie snack...just sayin

[@itsbracie7843]

YESSS😍😂💦

[@lengjojo]

My cousin said the exact thing! She told me it was one of her dream to eat that plate of bugs when she was little.

[@laela6289]

"Slimy yet satisfying"

[@bjgeantil]

XD

[@hunterwilliams1555]

Omg yesssssssss😂😂😂😂😂

[@iwillnoteatzebugs]

You vill eat ze bugs You vill live in ze pods And you vill be happy

[@geraldphan7780]

You will drink the poison too.

[@stageiiwappie950]

I got triple vaxxed im ready for se bugs

[@device_not_found]

​@@stageiiwappie950not enough vaxx, need 7 boosters MINIMUM

[@vladislavbaje2885]

I finished all corcroaches in my home after watching this video, I think now everything is ok with protein in my body, thanks!

[@SpiritualityTeachings1111]

Lmaooo

[@shardasaket7471]

Really dude?

[@shardasaket7471]

Please answer yes or no

[@penguinlandtheanimation5466]

Kind da good taste

[@abdouaboud7490]

@@shardasaket7471 it's chicken legs with 6 more legs

[@darkstar7988]

We don't eat lobster whole though, that's what _bugs_ me (hehehehehe)

[@howaboutno-1123]

Dark Star how do you make it slant

[@darkstar7988]

*asterisks* _underscore_ * asterisks * _ underscore _ (no spaces)

[@unandanknuckles1513]

Dark Star me too

[@Admiral8Q]

The shell is the best part. Plus the feelers and eyeballs.

[@ae31860]

Nope - we don't eat the shell nor (generally) the upper-body ... Only the tail meat.

[@Shandab3ar]

Make it into a "weight loss miracle" and I'm sure everyone will jump on board with it ;)

[@2lazyt378]

If you can make a product to lower someone's heighten someone's self estime. Then you have hit a gold mine.

[@marunomi]

@@2lazyt378 what?

[@2lazyt378]

@@marunomi I forgot where I was going with that so I cant realy fix the typo

[@David-vr4bx]

2lazy :T haha you actually replied from a comment from 2 years most people don’t reply from comments that old

[@che595]

Nobody on their right minds would eat them, but again, nobody is on their right mind these days. Yeah jump on them, you deserve them.

[@jamesr.2017]

“People ate bugs for thousands of years, until farming was developed and people chose farmed foods and meat over bugs” “Anyway, this is why you should eat bugs”

[@fezii9043]

I grow my own and love eating mealworms. Cheap, nutritious, and delicious. I wouldn't force anyone to, but man would it be easier for farmers, transportation, and consumers if more people did..

[@johnhammond.]

@@fezii9043 Nice PSYOP

[@fezii9043]

@@johnhammond. Lol technically I have a government job so yeah. Also birds aren't real

[@johnhammond.]

@@fezii9043 fact check??

[@fezii9043]

@@johnhammond. ? Wym

[@kdandsheela]

"A lobster is basically a giant insect" Uh, yeah, I'm too afraid of lobsters to eat them, too. What do I do now o.o

[@thavvisionary8912]

That As Well As Shrimp & Crabs...They Are Sea-Insects

[@thavvisionary8912]

@@brapa1190 Did You Not Just Clarify And Go Further In Depth Of My Statement Regarding Shrimp Being "Sea-Insects?!?!!?" Shrimp Are The Cockroaches And I'd Liken The Crabs To Spiders

[@thavvisionary8912]

@@brapa1190 Thank You Very Much, I Greatly Appreciate That!!! Peace & Love!!!

[@RustyhairedAlp9575]

@@thavvisionary8912 ...and plants?

[@thavvisionary8912]

@@RustyhairedAlp9575 Peace & Love, What About Plants??!!?! Did I Miss Something...

[@silverfishjoe4783]

this guy just convinced me to eat bugs...good job.

[@lomk4424]

Me tho xD

[@cosmic2591]

Silverfish Joe my mouth was watering during the video xD

[@huskiesarethebest1142]

Same lol

[@aymanaskaros7074]

same

[@lockster900]

Wtf

[@309387421]

I'd be ok eating if the insects were grown, harvested and processed in a refined manner, then ground into a very fine paste till it's indistinguishable. Then label and sell the paste using a different name. That could be a start.

[@emiliosgregoriou8943]

+Blue Winter aren't you a special person? You want the wrapping in red or a fine silver, your highness?

[@SpiritOrb-tm8gf]

+Blue Winter If it tastes wonderful to you, you'll get use to it!! Just like with lobster

[@eijiroukireeshima7222]

+Blue Winter I agree

[@lisabank5491]

+Blue Winter I was thinking the exact same thing :) I call myself a vegetarian, but I could consider myself eating something like what you just described.

[@kingsleyboateng7189]

+Blue Winter It'd be okay I if didn't know my mom was giving me insect food

[@provostic8421]

Eat the bugs Live in the pod Own nothing

[@Cabbage22927]

Be happy

[@WangMingGe]

@@Cabbage22927 When I see how many people in the comments embrace this without reasoning why it would be even necessary (the west has a huge surplus of food production...), I lose all pity for the liberal west and wish it God speed on its journey to self-righteous self-destruction.

[@michaelanderson8339]

@@Cabbage22927 So exciting

[@weirdwalrus5757]

TAKE YOUR MEDS AND GET IN THE POD SCHIZO!

[@lanadoesathing]

Nah. I prefer Eat wild game Live in the woods Own illegal firearms

[@DispleasedEskimo]

Alls I know for sure is that Lion King makes 'em look pretty dang tasty.

[@millerfrances2441]

@gene974 Oh time to clean the browser history again :/

[@nychold]

Slimy, yet satisfying.

[@zkdr6278]

I refuse to eat the bugs, bugman

[@AreteG]

BUGMAN!

[@eddychinwe1163]

You are what you eat.

[@zkdr6278]

@A.H. was right I mean there's not wanting the current hellhole we're in and then there's wishing nazis would have won lmao

[@Superstar_4hire]

You vil eat ze bugs.

[@cyclonechaos]

shrimp = sea roaches >.>

[@theobserver3753]

my oh my this could be the solution for food scarcity in the near future. . .

[@komyobkomyob7013]

we have food to feed 60 billion farmed animals but how come world hunger is still alive? becuz people eat meat?

[@komyobkomyob7013]

***** really.. why just why are u on internet are u 10 year old or just person who lacks brain cells??? holy shit who is the stupid here? they feed 70% to 90% of the grains to farmed animals.

[@zulthyr1852]

Dunno. I think We need 1000 Earths for 3000 A.D.

[@MeatGoblin88]

there is no such thing as food scarcity in the modern day, not something we need to worry about

[@TraceLight]

Komyob Komyob I’m not living in a pod, and I’m not eating bugs.

[@cronoschild]

"people simply forgot their bug-rich history" Maybe because eating ze boogs was a thing our ancestors recognized as inefficient and unnapealing. Even in countries that eat ze boogs regularly...boogs are not the main protein source. Also ze boogs score low on digestibility ir i recall well.

[@rhetorist763]

Now it is extremely efficient. And insects dont Score Low on digestibility, at least Not the ones that are farmed

[@darthmaul7434]

What if you cook the bugs so we can digest them better?

[@johnhammond.]

Chitin problem

[@cronoschild]

@@johnhammond. Yup...i doubt you can digest properly chitin from the exoeskeleton.

[@johnhammond.]

@@cronoschild We can't digest chitin

[@Avatar013]

...hakuna matata.

[@HyenaChannel2014]

Slimey, yet satisfying! :D

[@123blueaddison]

Kakuna Matata*

[@HyenaChannel2014]

Golden Pidgeot Kakuna Rattata! :D

[@sectorz4232]

Salvador Suazo means no worries so eat ya bugs

[@robynscafe]

Salvador Suazo Its a problem free filasafi Hakuna Matata

[@sciencepower608]

I want to eat insects but they are not at my marketplaces or stores. :(

[@johnappleseed4833]

sure they are, you just gotta go out to the back where the dumpster is. Tons of tasty magots and cockroaches back there.

[@desertfoxgaming999]

lel

[@TheSomeone77177]

he got roasteddddddddd

[@noahmiller7083]

You can get them for free outside

[@kevinnoronha7232]

hahahah lol nice one

[@MrHaram-dc3et]

I WILL NOT EAT BUGS I WILL NOT LIVE IN A POD I WILL NOT EAT BUGS I WILL NOT LIVE IN A POD

[@WoofyMcDoodle]

sorry buddy. You will not stop ze great Reeeeeeset. You wont have anything and you will be happy!

[@ForeverShadowBanned]

you vil

[@shuckarooo]

ze are building ze future ze future is us you will eat ze bugs and own nothing

[@gonbnevercome202]

Eat the bug you must. INSECTUS CONSUMUS.

[@mitchellc4226]

*LOGGING YOUR BOG-ID* *DEDUCTING 45 SOCIAL CREDITS*

[@RomaZeal]

You VILL eat ze bug. And you VILL be happy

[@kingding9542]

I do not understand and I will ask for context before i wait too long to

[@youarelife3437]

@@kingding9542 just wait till 2030

[@00fgytduydrtu]

@@kingding9542 wef and karl swab

[@_Iscream]

And you VILL starve.

[@insectilluminatigetshrekt5574]

2:02 tarantulas are not insects

[@paulwong8985]

technically no, but I think people will consider it under insect not as an animal but as source of food

[@insectilluminatigetshrekt5574]

Paul Wong What about crustaceans? Insects are closer to lobsters than they are to spiders or centipedes.

[@paulwong8985]

insect illuminati Get shrekt my point is that as food sources, the gross factor of spiders and bugs are going to make people think of them as completely different from their cousins, as you mentioned crustaceans

[@insectilluminatigetshrekt5574]

Paul Wong fair enough

[@hanshintermann1551]

Lets say arthropodes then ;)

[@mada7857]

i ate a spider i found in the corner of my basement...I think im dying........

[@sasukekirin1000]

No ur not ppl in Cambodia ppl swallowed those spiders whole

[@hawkecrail5186]

+Shane Scipio but those are cooked

[@potatopotato4919]

Yes cooked but not whole. We eat some parts

[@sararasarara7909]

bro I'm fucking laughing so god damn hard

[@sasukekirin1000]

+Hawkecrail I know

[@rcbif101]

The weird part of eating insects to me is you are eating every little bit of them. Eyes, legs, brains, guts, ect. Most every other meat we ear we eat selectively - though hotdogs are questionable, lol

[@GirlMeetsBug]

What about oysters, clams, and mussels?

[@supalognon]

What about fresh anchovies ?

[@rcbif101]

GirlMeetsBug - I dont eat any of those.

[@rcbif101]

supalognon - nope, dont do those.

[@weiberfeind]

Knew someone would bring that up,it's one thing to eat something unknowingly it's another to purposely eat it. As for meat, they have cultures that eat human circumcision tissue. They have cultures that eat human meat

[@MrMrAndre3K]

One day, we'll own nothing but we'll be happy

[@Wikikiman]

You may succumb but the strong won't... I won't!!

[@sionasc]

All insects will dislike this😂😂😂

[@minborox]

+TextuaryGaming Then the dislike bar would hit a stellar number.

[@michellethenightmaredoll445]

I just die of laughter that your comment. XD XD XD XD XD XD

[@sionasc]

+Michelle Tish Thanks😂

[@michellethenightmaredoll445]

Your welcome.

[@johanalviz1716]

+TextuaryGaming Who the fuck do you think you are?

[@marty7905]

Funny enough as I watched this a tiny fruit fly died on my drink. I had noticed and inspired by the video I was watching gobbled that son of bitch down happily.

[@haobozhang4793]

...

[@alligatormand5737]

hahaha

[@joanthemad5894]

there was a gnat in my kimchi I didn't care.

[@w4nn4-cry58]

Zach Ernst you are a Genius I can't believe that you actually were able to think while you were watching the video to actually slurp up the fruit fly the thing is in my house I have a lot of nuts I don't know where they're coming from and yeah I'm not getting one of those are really the grasshopper though if you want just reply to this and I will eat a grasshopper tell me if you want me to or not

[@Brownie8624]

Zach Ernst oh man! I am proud of you!

[@oompaloompa3730]

I am an insect and i find this offensive!

[@CaptainBeeeeees]

+Oompa Loompa I am a human and I will soon find you delicious .

[@KekachiDolan]

No you're a fucking Oompa Loompa!

[@blakebabcock8890]

I know I'm a pie and everyone likes eating me IMAGINE IF U ATE URSELF I wonder what I taste like? OWW I actually bit myself

[@KekachiDolan]

Yosef Alzubaidi fat

[@leonlei9435]

Oompa Loompa you must be a pyjabee

[@Cabbage22927]

Once the ruling class gives solid proof that they eat bugs every day, then maybe i will consider TRYING a cricket. On second thought, i won't. I'll continue to eat beef because my uncle owns cows LOL

[@bimasetyaputra8381]

Cry more lmao

[@AloneInThePark]

@@bimasetyaputra8381 🐑 oh yes daddy Klaus feed me bugs and take my freedoms away 🥵

[@D.KlWA-aG]

@@AloneInThePark classic exaggerations

[@excarnator]

You arh not fery kooperativ with de Kreat Reeset. 50 GoodBoy™ points haff bin dedukted from yourr veekly inkom.

[@woah5546]

@@D.KlWA-aG It's no exaggeration WEF shill

[@kemushichan]

4:33 *shudders* ......

[@serenityjoy1872]

They got me at 4:13, and 4:33 just added to things...

[@FruitBALM]

me too

[@WobblesandBean]

Meh, it's actually quite good! If you didn't know what was and someone served it to you, you'd probably like it!

[@ParabolaTool]

***** Is it because you're a closed-minded person who is afraid to have experiences outside of a small little pool of things that are acceptable to you only because you were told by other people your whole life that they were? Is that it?

[@Quimby3000]

***** Why, tho?

[@joseaca]

they could always process the bugs until they dont resemble bugs, like some sort of food bar

[@wraithgear4216]

implying that this doesn't already happen. You know they already are.

[@joseaca]

Wraith Gear well if they are as nutritious, safe and easy to harvest like these people say, i dont see the issue

[@wraithgear4216]

fine by me, just another taboo stigma we need to get around. Now its probably important to know what bugs are safe, which ones are palatable, and how to clean them.

[@0oHITo0]

have u watched "SnowPiercer" ?

[@wraithgear4216]

i have only heard of it. I take it they live off of bugs on the train then?

[@Icerollstar1]

Damn this sounds delicious

[@hawkecrail5186]

I feel it would be really tasty and cost effective but I still wouldn't do it

[@TCFr97]

+Hawkecrail noob

[@RandomPerson-sv1vl]

+Donald Trump That was uncalled for.

[@TCFr97]

+Random Person I'm sorry :-(

[@lucaslayton3974]

I've tried and they are delicious. Roasted grasshoppers taste exactly like chips. If you close your eyes, you wouldn't even be able to tell the difference. So much healthier too.

[@HeRa06Ram]

The ukelele corpo music, the art style, the way he talks, this looks like something they would force you to watch in a weird NWO reeducation camp

[@Starpilot149]

Seeing how enthusiastically my pet hedgehog chowed down on living or dried mealworms, it makes me want to try them..

[@abdouaboud7490]

Cook them tho

[@dikabagas812]

I mean, look at the color of these mealworms. Yummy golden brown.

[@roarodon]

I wonder if the dude narrating this videos eaten insects.

[@CraftyTeo]

He's eating them as we speak.

[@hunn20004]

My mouth started to water....

[@kyodarkness9243]

As long as they don't *FORCE* people to eat the bugs I'm fine with it. (Who am I kidding? They'll definitely do that)

[@StellaGoetia666]

I think the parents who like to eat bugs will make their kid do its

[@Itz_Kevin99]

Fr, there's alot of people making "eating bugs" video now💀💀

[@PedroTRamos1]

They´ll force you by making regular food super expensive and out of reach for most people.

[@funveeable]

@@Itz_Kevin99 they are all people who live in wealthy countries with air conditioner and internet access who have nothing better to do with their lives.

[@Entity_Bilboy]

Bugs use less resources compared to food in the form of cows, pigs and chickens. They use far less water compared to all of the other mammals. This will allow us to have a higher potential human capacity limit, hypothetically speaking. Another video explains this further: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n36bpGSZnZqHiNk I'll leave you with ONE question; "why should I eat bugs?".

[@earthtouchtv]

Take that, mom! I told you that cricket salad I gave you when I was three years old has nutritional value. Boom.

[@ashleycasey2093]

Hi Earth Touch! Very interesting we ended up on the same vid. Lol.

[@earthtouchtv]

Ashley Casey Of all the KZbin videos in all the world ... :-P

[@ashleycasey2093]

Earth Touch Exactly!

[@mrstat99]

I don't quite understand this video. It talks about how the Ancient Greeks and Romans really enjoyed bugs. The Greek civilization began ~800 BC and the Romans came after them. However, this video then goes on to talk about how humans lost their taste for bugs in 10,000 BC, when the agricultural revolution just began. These two statements were very contradictory.

[@fidgetofdoom]

Not really... it said BEGAN... as in the slow descent started here... Not that we suddenly stopped liking them over night. And it also mentioned those cultures as ones that enjoyed specific bugs as specific treats... not ones that used them as a main source of nutrition.

[@ShaqReflects]

only time i ever wanted to eat a bug was when i was watching lion king, those bugs looked yummy

[@seankim6854]

I bet the people who say that we should eat bugs for the environment never actually ate one before

[@jundullah9869]

@Px Coffee Klaus wants your location for a little brainw... education session on climatic crisis

[@blahblahnlah]

theres these cooked crickets or grasshoppers with chili n stuff and its hella good

[@seankim6854]

becoz its hypocritic to say everyone else should eat bugs but I will eat steak@PxCoffeee

[@jayford2708]

now im craving a cricket for some reason.

[@Raptanax]

I've heard of worse pizza toppings...

[@nadinebean]

But why are they so expensive then? I once bought a pack of BBQ flavored mealworms at a nature museum and it was like 5$ for a small pack. They tasted really good though

[@marginelouis6674]

because it's a museum and there's not a high demand probably. try buying ice cream at Disney (price is crazy). go to a south east Asia country ans they're probably cheap

[@jacobb5484]

because they were not made to be a normal snack they were meant to be something to eat to say you did it and everything at a museum is overpriced

[@marginelouis6674]

Jacob B I've never bought anything at a museum but if they're prices are anything close to Disney's I'll opt out. Lol

[@the1exnay]

Things with niche markets cost more. Because producers carry greater risk, there isnt enough customers to support competition, and because supply is in so few places and lacking the benefits of bulk makes transport costs greater If they were more popular they'd be a lot cheaper

[@wormyfren8133]

Enjoy your bug paste, peasant, while I dine on prime steak. Enjoy your pod, while I live in my mansion. It’s for the environment, trust me and my private jet.

[@theredrite]

Eat the Goychow, it’s got protein!

[@lucaslayton3974]

I tried roasted grasshoppers my friend brought from Uganda. They were absolutely delicious! Crunchy and salty, tasted a lot like chips. But unlike chips, they contain tons of proteins and very little fat and carbs. Perfect for a gym buff like myself. I wish bug eating would be more widespread, I'd happily chow down on roasted grasshoppers any day.

[@wolfsrandomity1683]

they can give you parasites

[@cancerguy5435]

farmed insects that are properly cooked are just as likely to spread pathogens as any other meat. In short - it's a statistical anomaly. Eating raw bugs is a very bad idea though.

[@ksndazed2551]

I am still not convinced to eat em'

[@abs_nobody]

+Barbie Pororo try some. You'll be convinced by its taste

[@antoniomonzuno9511]

+Sungbin Cho (GoldenApple) I tried eating roasted spicy larvae and it tastes really good. 10/10 would eat again

[@abs_nobody]

- ZeFineFace - nice! Glad to hear that you like it

[@Matz-bn9ug]

I ate a bug taste like cheese

[@popolin8614]

I ate a bug at a Myanmar restaurant, it tasted like shrimp

[@nar-aryanalakanta1464]

when i was kid i remember eating dragonfly! we usually use tree sap as a trap for dragonfly!

[@dorksours3912]

>Enters your video to answer your question "No." >Refuses to watch video or elaborate further >Leaves

[@Bathala7Khan]

The only time I ate a bug was when I was younger. It was a Filipino restaurant that specialises in native cuisine(native from the Philippines). It was cricket adobo. It tasted pretty good but one just had to get over the appearance and the thought that it's a, bug. Now, I don't even know if I'm courageous enough to eat insects XD

[@ainoaguy]

Ive tried crickets before and they tasted like artichokes. They were pretty good :)

[@apopompi]

Mexican here. There's at least 5~10 places to buy roasted crickets around my home. Not my favorite meal, but they are tasty and an awsome snack if you're walking around. To me, they taste like slightly less dry HotNuts

[@sweetceline0397]

@adrian328 Heyya nice to see you again...yes I'm still modeling part time

[@kallistiX1]

I have never heard such an effective argument for going vegetarian in my whole life.

[@connorbeaulieu7176]

You know bugs are meat.

[@johnandan1594]

+connor beaulieu I think he meant he doesn't want to eat bugs so he would just be a vegetarian instead

[@slawaxas]

+Huy Rasavenger nice try (g)huy

[@laela6289]

Considering the fact that plants are sometimes lacking in a few nutrients such as vitamin D and b12, coupled with the fact that insects are consumed around the world and the only thing that is stopping us from consuming them are cultural hangups, i don't see how this argues for veganism, and I say this as a vegan.

[@Longboard914]

+Kæla Brown In order to have a plant - based diet we need to rely on staple crops that are farmed on adulterated land... land that has been cut down to grow crops, with its previous ecosystem destroyed (which was intact for millions of years before we cut it down) . So to be a vegan you are still supporting invasive agriculture, unless you get all your veg and fruit from a Food Forest or forage out in the wild. The truth is there is no black or white answer, and as annoying as that sounds, all it means is we have to expand our food supply to include more insects, mollusks, and other nutrient dense life forms that reproduce more quickly than plants or mammals

[@craigspaulding9711]

My biggest complain with eating bugs is that almost every source you can find in the US is expensive or sold in very small portions as a novelty. Not really feasible to become a primary source of protein in its current state.

[@bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257]

Yeah...

[@theoscout9205]

Pet food stores sell meal worms

[@rp1455]

once more people take it up the price will drop. currently it's a niche product, so it costs more. Given it's a more efficient method of producing protein than any livestock production, it could potentially become cheaper.

[@bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257]

@@rp1455 That's a good point.

[@lyxthen]

Just buy them from a petstore. I have watched many videos of people that own lizards and such and since they have so many they buy in bulk. So it is possible.

[@chilkootsailor492]

E A T T H E B U G S

[@changen4125]

i wouldnt mind eating bugs, but the problem is the fact we are eating them whole which inclueds their intestines which is full of poop...

[@Alouncara]

Shrimp.

[@EbbeCee]

Winterbeere48 Not really. Neither one of the examples is a waste product of the animal. Honey is basically evaporated nectar which is vomited by the bee for a food source. Milk is also a food source for calves. But eating a bug whole does involve eating all of the insides and waste as well. Not really a problem but contributes to the "ick factor".

[@tykill]

Who gives a shit? (no pun intended)

[@SAsgarters]

How is that a problem?

[@thestrangejames]

tykill You should. Changen Pan didn't quite nail it with her criticism, but it's along the right path: The problem with eating insects is that they often come coupled with parasites, like tape worms. House flies can carry tape worms, ticks carry babesiosis, plague from fleas, leishmaniasis comes from sandflies, hymenolepiasis from meal worms & flour bugs & cockroaches, liver flukes from ants & snails, schistosomiasis of many kinds from snails. Properly preparing insects is very, very important. You can become very sick very quickly if you just pick stuff off the petunias and have at them. Part of this is that you are eating the entire animal; generally speaking the muscles of an animal aren't the organs that contain (too many) parasites, the digestive organs are. This isn't an argument saying "let's never eat intestines of any sort," far from it. I love sausages and kidneys, but they need to be cooked properly -- and in a country that barely understands how to cook pork chops, I'm wary about people introducing insects. That being said, you're rather unlikely to get a parasite from a deep-fried meal, and that is similar to the traditional way of preparing many insects.

[@daylyskater]

I'd love to take part in this "paradigm shift", but I simply can't overcome the disgust I have learned and that is stuck so deeply in my mind. I guess I could never deliberately enjoy a fried insect. (can't eat lobsters too)

[@shastabare6026]

You could try something like "Chirps" an American brand of cornships with ground up cricket flour for taste and nutritional boost. Also, just watching more videos like this will help you grow familiar with the concept and the sight of cooked insects - a psychological study showed that information and familiarity made people more likely to try insects prepared as food. Good luck.

[@apostolosfilippos]

Ancient Greeks did not eat insects! The word for cricket also means greens...

[@SAsgarters]

Looks like I'll be setting up another mealworm farm. Haven't had one of those since 2005.

[@girlpower148]

i really want to try roasting bugs now

[@KookiesNolly]

Miss Shy me too

[@june9914]

TED-Ed i think the biggest reason of quitting bugs was our colonial ancestry, because the natives probably ate bugs, so colonist thought that was "savage" and "uncultured" hence no bugs for americans

[@Dan-bw9vl]

I think i might go for the cricket, or the chocolate meal worm. Does anyone agree with me?

[@binq2525]

+Miss Shy I want to eat crickets because it has an aroma of popcorn.

[@binq2525]

+The Akward Gamer No ! I want cricket !

[@alumpinyourbrain]

Woke up, found a drowned bug in my leftover coffee. Should I have put it into my omelette or would it have gone to my thighs?

[@itsafish4600]

Do it

[@johnpijano4786]

Would you catch a random bird and cook it?

[@vicenteisaaclopezvaldez2450]

Y'know, if I was sure it wouldn't kill me, I'd do it.

[@lindacollazo6982]

Emma B. : actually bugs are good wrapped in chocolate Me:*licking lips*mmmm that sounds good!

[@abdouaboud7490]

Le cockroach au chocolat

[@StormDjinn1]

Is it bad to say I think we’d find some way to mess it up as a society? There is no food source we haven’t “farmed” en mass that hasn’t decimated the environment I’m on board, but I’m not hopeful

[@crystallaxx3440]

Interesting thought since if bugs would feed a society it would take mass farming of them instead of capturing obviously, you have a point.

[@radishdocx]

@@crystallaxx3440 he does have a point but it doesn't make much sense

[@scavenger4704]

@@radishdocx wat?

[@radishdocx]

@@scavenger4704 what i meant to say was that doing something to save the environment is better than doing nothing

[@radishdocx]

@CASH that is what i think.there is a positive and negative side to everything.

[@kiryuchan137]

Here, in Myanmar, grasshopper fries are sold very commonly at winter. That's one of the most delicious foods I've ever tasted. It's very crispy and tasty. Trust me, eating fried grasshoppers are nothing like you have imagined. You should give it a try when you get here!

[@deadhandof9108]

Muslims that are forbidden to eat bugs other than locusts and grasshoppers:

[@ata2605]

They used bots to make sure this doesn't get ratio'd

[@skeggjoldgunnr3167]

I got some take-out lunch at a Mid-City California Indian restaurant once. right by the cash register at the pick-up counter was a large glass container of dried black insects. I asked. They said "use as seasoning, like lemon-pepper!" - I loved them!

[@MrSpy-jo4je]

Brainwash me first into seeing bugs without the ick factor, then we'll talk 💬

[@Warmaka]

Nah, keep the ick factor. It's there for a reason. Wild Insects are carriers for diseases and live in unsanitary conditions. Farmed insects turned into burgers though would be good I guess.

[@chefkendranguyen]

The "ick" factor won't be overcome is our generation. I think that you have to get the kids eating bugs when they're little if this is ever going to be the future.

[@weiberfeind]

i'd rather eat human meat then bugs.

[@GirlMeetsBug]

weiberfeind So, the human meat would be an appetizer? Weird.

[@kyodarkness9243]

Ah yes, the adults doesn't want to do something? Just go for the kids instead. I think there is a word for this.

[@GEM_MAX]

Bugs contain anti-nutrients are phytic acid, tannins, and lectins. The exoskeleton, or “chitin,” of an insect has been found to have small amounts of these anti-nutrient while some plants do contain these not the ones we commonly consume.

[@emiliosgregoriou8943]

Can't wait to finally have a use for those annoying house bugs. No more spiders, cockroaches, and ants. Only delicious snacks.

[@SufferToResist]

Which half of the cyprus border you in?

[@emiliosgregoriou8943]

TheUltimateGamer King I think my profile picture explains it. The Greek one.

[@kingsleyboateng7189]

+Emilios Gregoriou It'd be okay I if didn't know my mom was giving me insect food

[@mc_dibia]

+Emilios Gregoriou i will eat any healthy thing other than cockroaches and maggots. so no cockroaches

[@timothygermakovski4909]

lol

[@Wolfbane580]

Snow Piercer was just a movie..... r-right?

[@russelljarvis1043]

I even eat leaves

[@robonator1056]

Who doesn't?

[@katerichards1513]

tea is just leaf water lol

[@EHMM]

same

[@mondraymondo]

As a chicken keeper i also raise mealworms and sometimes crickets. I love how i just feed them kitchen waste and it is in a sense recycled into nutrients which my chickens will turn into eggs for me :)

[@cadman2300]

It's pretty fair to compare eating bugs to eating lobster, ship, crabs, and other shellfish. They're both arthropods but eating lobster is probably less healthy because they're bottom-feeders that eat carrion. Insects that don't eat dead and decaying flesh are most likely the most healthy to eat because they carry less bacteria. Have I ever eaten insects in my 32 years of living? No, but since I have no qualms with eating crab, calamari, and shrimp, I'm willing to give fried grasshoppers a go if they're prepared just right.

[@chango999999999]

I have eaten bugs, well, only "chapulines". I live in Mexico. They are pretty tasty and fill you up really fast. Theyre great if you are later on going to make exercise. Regardless they are seen as disgusting by (most commonly) rich people.

[@WarriorShooter7]

No, Klaus Schwab. YOU vill eat ze bugs. I'll eat steak and the WEF can explode.

[@HB013b]

That's the neat part. He won't even touch them.

[@ThePretear691987]

Found ants floating on my coffee, and throw it away. After watching this video, I just realized I wasted a good cup of coffee with a pinch of protein packed 🤦‍♀️

[@indoorsandout3022]

Ants taste fruity. And salted ant larvae are like caviar.

[@jurgenkarambit2084]

We have mushrooms and algae ,we don't have to eat the bugs,we will own things and be happy

[@Drudenfusz]

Have already eaten insects, no biggie.

[@Ratok1]

I'm not opposed to the idea of consuming bugs. I'd just want it to be processed in some way. Eating a bug that still looks like a bug would put me off.

[@muhajir1427]

and don't tell me that this is a bug...

[@bigsam8597]

@@muhajir1427 Well, they do say that ignorance is bliss....

[@Ahstocks]

same, insect flour sounds like the best middle ground tho

[@revtheobbyist]

I would eat bugs if it is clean and safe to eat

[@grubbugs179]

Maybe we can help with that? kzbin.info/door/bCPsYvZdQKABAoOuucmmIQ

[@crazycool1128]

The title made me think it's going to discuss the pros AND cons of eating bugs. Instead, I get a one-sided advocacy video.

[@Average-mi6ih]

5 seconds in and it already feels like a sales pitch.

[@jayj9827]

I don't see how bugs are considered to be nasty? Especially if it's ground up in a powder, it's not like you have to eat it whole or anything. You wouldn't eat a whole non-ground up baby cow would you?

[@JuiceBoxesRAwesome]

Jay J I wouldnt eat a baby cow at all

[@PaleMist]

Jay J Cultural-differences/up-bringing/what is considered socially acceptable.

[@metachirality]

For all we know perfume and yummy snacks may contain insects or arachnids

[@enderluckjarmg985]

*C r u s t a c e a n s* _ARE_ related to *i n s e c t s* And people still eat shrimps...lobsters...crabs...noice

[@willieleehm]

I'M still having a hard time wrapping my mind around this one...

[@aixaburlison5120]

Yea!

[@hibye2611]

I was a eating a apple that was at my house and I was eating it and then i got more in to the apple then i stopped eating it and saw a White warm and little bugs I will never eat apples again !!!!

[@_Muzans.Wife_]

Its because it was bad you should wash it really good

[@jonej9]

I wonder how many people are going to watch this then go outside and pick up a poisoned bug and eat it and die.

[@edibugs]

It's awesome to see another TED product devoted to Entomophagy! Spreading awareness and getting people to take their first steps is always good to see. Hopefully this will help to win a few more people over to joining the huge portion of the worlds population that eats and enjoys insects :).

[@danwilliams1920]

Lol, I will eat YOU before I eat a bug...

[@kanedadry7642]

And help you make money ?

[@drgenmo8340]

Do you also want to live in a pod?

[@wafers35]

this guy owns nothing and is happy

[@babygamer7717]

This got me hungry SOO FAST now I need to eat them!!!

[@buildertherobloxian4731]

BeetleJuice: “I sure love doin' it!”

[@Naing2lin]

I kinda have mixed feelings because I'm not a very big fan of bugs and insects but I love trying new and odd foods. Usually I end up liking them like I like eating cow tongue, fish stomach, pork intestines, and my all time favorite, fish brain (it's creamy lol). It make me mad when people say they hate something before they even try it or experience it.

[@libtardiacitizen]

Okay bugman!

[@pimpinace_175]

Eat the bugs sheep

[@SageLeaf]

What about Ant-Man ?

[@juanmanuelpalaciosbarrios3966]

se murio xd

[@VICE-H3RO]

Aquatic animals like shrimp and lobsters are insects of the sea that are acceptable to eat.

[@fabiogentile53]

You will own nothing, and you will be happy with it! - "eat ze bugs" man

[@huh2340]

They saved me bunch of times when I got lost in mountains.

[@khafvaal4415]

Huh!?

[@CemeteryDriveClown]

Imagine being stuck on a mountain, and then all of a sudden a giant prehistoric dragonfly comes in and swoops you off the mountain, romantic.

[@theworthysoul]

@@CemeteryDriveClown ah yes. Ngl I would love to see a real life Meganeura.

[@CemeteryDriveClown]

@@theworthysoul T-that's a real thing?

[@Irrkie]

the question is DO anyone of the people who made this video eat or have eaten insects?

[@Peralisc]

Rarity Bro you assume they are

[@7munkee]

I use to eat bugs for money. I'd get paid a quarter to eat a moth or beetle by my classmates. Not only did I make money, I got good nutrition so who's laughing now?

[@amanwithnoname6687]

Oh yeah, how much did they pay you to drink the kool-aid?

[@roisanggung951]

Bro what😂

[@7munkee]

@@roisanggung951 This was 45 years ago when I was a kid.

[@zorunus6061]

You WILL eat the bugs and you WILL be happy.

[@Hertz2137]

Let's not deceive ourselves. Forcing people to eat insects instead of meat is simply a social humiliation.