Should we eat bugs? - Emma Bryce

What's tasty, abundant and high in protein? Bugs! Although less common outside the tropics, entomophagy, the practice of eating bugs, was once extremely widespread throughout cultures. You may feel icky about munching on insects, but they feed about 2 billion people each day (Mmm, fried tarantulas). They also hold promise for food security and the environment. Emma Bryce makes a compelling case for dining on bugs.

Lesson by Emma Bryce, animation by NEIGHBOR.

[unnatit]

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

[Joshua-chij]

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

[provostic]

Eat the bugs
Live in the pod
Own nothing

[neutralnarration]

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

[lolin]

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

[MrHaram-dcet]

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

[iwillnoteatzebugs]

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

[jamesr.]

“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”

[o_tout]

So give it a try
*"Pop that insect into your mouth and Savoir the crunch"*

Stares at cockroach.

Cockroach: Chuckles I'm in danger.

[silverfishjoe]

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

[RomaZeal]

You VILL eat ze bug. And you VILL be happy

[Cabbage]

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

[kyodarkness]

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)

[Shandabar]

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

[darkstar]

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

[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.

[oompaloompa]

I am an insect and i find this offensive!

[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

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.

[WarriorShooter]

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