Eat the Beetles!
An Exploration Into Our Conflicted Relationship with Insects
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Word Count
90,500 words, Guess
Page Count
362 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveeatbeetlesexplor0000walt
- ISBN-101770413146
- ISBN-139781770413146
- OCLC Control Number960097308
- Better World Books9781770413146
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27238101M
Classifications
- DDC641.3/96
- LCCTX388.I5 W35 2017
- LCCTX388.I5
Description
"Meet the beetles: there are millions and millions of them and many fewer of the rest of us -- mammals, birds, and reptiles. Since before recorded history, humans have eaten insects. While many get squeamish at the idea, entomophagy -- people eating insects -- is a possible way to ensure a sustainable and secure food supply for the eight billion of us on the planet. Once seen as the great enemy of human civilization, destroying our crops and spreading plagues, we now see insects as marvellous pollinators of our food crops and a potential source of commercial food supply. From upscale restaurants where black ants garnish raw salmon to grubs as pub snacks in Paris and Tokyo, from backyard cricket farming to high-tech businesses, Eat the Beetles! weaves these cultural, ecological, and evolutionary narratives to provide an accessible and humorous exploration of entomophagy."--Back cover.
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