I stumbled upon this video and found it o be very interesting. The video basically talks about insects and that we should be eating them. As far as I know I have never intentionally eaten an insect, but apparently every one does, whether in their sleep or in their everyday food that they eat. I was shocked to learn that all our processed foods contain more protein than we are aware of. These insects are in our tomato soups, peanut butter, chocolate, noodles, and many other things. 80% of the world’s population actually eats insect, which I found to be interesting. I had no idea that it was that many but as I watched the video, I came to understand why. There are far more insects on this planet than humans or any other mammal. There are 6 million of insects on this planet and a thousand of them are being eaten. “We are not a planet of men, but a planet of insects.” I thought that was an interesting quote because it seems to be true there are far more insects than humans and without insects we would not be here. Insects are at the bottom of the food chain but if they go what will the other animals eat. The insects help us by removing dung, pollinating our crops; they also control pests and are food for animals. More and more people are turning to insects for their daily protein and a lot of restaurants are staring to add insects to their menus. After watching this, I’m still not sure if I would eat an insect willingly, unless I was starving. Over all I thought this was an interesting video and in a few more years we could start to see the value of eating insects. There is only a limited amount of livestock and plants that are edible, but bugs could be the future to our survival.
The video that I watched: http://www.ted.com/talks/marcel_dicke_why_not_eat_insects.html
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