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As a toddler my wife was known for lifting up rocks and just picking and eating all the crawling things. It’s our culture that removes these tendencies :). We
by teekert 3y ago
As a toddler my wife was known for lifting up rocks and just picking and eating all the crawling things.
It’s our culture that removes these tendencies :). We still have the occasional good laugh about this story.
- postepowanieadm 3y agoCultures in most parts are rational when it comes not to eating specific things, when it comes to animals/insects it's mostly about parasites.
- master-lincoln 3y agoDoesn't cooking get rid of most parasites?
- sva_ 3y agoThat reminds me of the story of Sam Ballard, who ate a slug due to a dare and fell into a coma, woke up paralyzed, and later died. https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/05/health/man-dies-after-eating-slug-on-dare/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/05/health/man-dies-after-eat...
- teekert 3y agoIt is at least noteworthy that this was in down under… :) (Deadly fauna, deadly fauna everywhere)
- mzs 3y agoOne of my earliest memories is of eating a bug.