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Tasty Cicada Recipes for When the Swarm Strikes This Summer

Emerald Catron — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:22:56 +0000

Listen, don't read this while you're eating. Come back when you've finished though. It's just that reading about parboiling insects might have a negative effect on your appetite. See, the 17-year cicadas have already started to emerge from the ground, and there are going to be billions of them. BILLIONS. So, you may as well eat some, right?

14 Adorable Beetles That Won't Make You Scream in Terror

Emerald Catron — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:45:21 +0000

Generally, when we think of beetles we imagine something black and vaguely menacing, slowly crawling towards our foot. GAH! It turns out, not all beetles are that way. Don’t get us wrong, a lot of them are, but some of them are super cute. Like, we might even swallow our pride and say the word [...]

Man Wins Roach-Eating Contest, Then Dies

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:42:41 +0000

When faced with eating something really disgusting—like, say, a cockroach—one strategy would be to think to yourself, "At least this won't kill me," before chowing down.

That technique wouldn't have worked, however, for Edward Archbold. On Friday, the 32-year-old entered a roach-eating contest at Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach, Florida, and won after devouring "dozens" of three-inch discoid roaches in a four-minute time period.