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Marcel Dicke TED Talk: Why not eat insects?

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Geege Schuman
8:01 AM Jun 01 2013

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6,000,000 species!

Geege Schuman
8:01 AM Jun 01 2013

Sure, but not all of them are edible. And we have to do something about their presentation!

Adam Rifkin
5:33 PM Jun 02 2013

That presentation thing... might we just have to do something about our minds? (I am still a little squeamish myself BTW)

<p>That presentation thing... might we just have to do something about our minds? (I am still a little squeamish myself BTW)</p>
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Gammy Dodger
2:59 PM Oct 20 2013

Yeah, I guess it IS about the presentation.

We've been discussing this more here:

http://pandawhale.com/post/48396/gorp-wcrickets-the-ultimate-trail-mix

Adam Rifkin
1:58 PM Apr 04 2015

Yeah, we have to do something with our minds. I wouldn't eat most of these.

Adam Rifkin
9:56 PM Jan 12 2016

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