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What are the seven (7) insects you’ll be eating in the future, check out this story “7 insects You’ll be eating in the future.” by By Marc Lallanilla, Assistant Editor Live Science.
I think most of us have heard about crickets and watched some shows on TV where someone is munching on a few bugs. The world is fast approaching 8 billion people and sooner or later if have to look at alternatives to the food we eat.
So what have you eaten, bug wise anyway? We do sell them at our DIY/Do It Yourself & Post Office.
Antarctica is the only continent without any reptiles or snakes.
A pound of grasshoppers is three times as nutritious as a pound of beef.
Anteaters prefer termites to ants.
A bat is the only mammal that flies.
Out of every 1,000 Mosquitoes, one female carries a disease that could be fatal to humans.
Hearing – How did the insects learn to hear?
Hearing is important to all of us. Those of us who have some insect knowledge know that most insects don’t technically have ears as we would call them, more often than not their ears are in weirder locations than ours. Their ears are often located on their knees or even their chins but not always on the side of their heads. It is amazing to me how nature adapts, amazing that for some reason – the insects don’t need ears on their heads but they do need ears! Check out this article!
50 million year old cricket and katydid fossils hint at the origins of insect hearing from National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) from EurekaAlert.org
Listening is important – Hey did you hear me?
