My friend has a lizard and his younger brother asked him if "people can eat crickets". My friend said people eat chocolate crickets, but I wonder if humans could eat crickets bought from a pet store?
2006-11-17 13:57:52 · 15 answers · asked by hmmm... 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
I meant to add that I have no intention of eating crickets...that has to be one of the most wrong things since...well I wouldn't do it.
2006-11-17 14:47:10 · update #1
No problem at all. Insects have the same protein value than meat but are much more economic to the environment. For cattle to gain 1 lb of weight they have to eat 10 times that weight. In insects the proportion instead of being 1:10 is 1:2. If the crickets are at a pet store, then are safe for pets, meaning they are insecticide free, therefore you can eat them. I just saw a tv program on human consumption of insects. If you fry the crickets you will have some very tasty and "cracky" crickets.
2006-11-17 14:15:13 · answer #1 · answered by Alex S 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, they make good pets. I wouldn't really recommend putting it outside. Just a few heat lamps. They can be either chill or energetic, but they are nocturnal so don't expect too much from them in the day. You would want to buy live crickets. They won't eat dead ones. Worms are the same way. You would also have to keep them at a certain temperature so they don't die. But if they do, they convert to cannibalism and you didn't pay to have them eat each other. You could use a heating pad underneath the "bedding". They love that. DO NOT USE SAND. Organic or not!!!! They CAN NOT digest it. DO NOT HANDLE babies. They can't be handled as much. It isn't good for them. They actually like humans and love to be held. Be careful of their tails. The can come off easily. But it is completely natural. It is an adaptation to escape predators. Make sure they shed all the way or they could loose their toes. It doesn't affect them much but I am sure they would rather keep them. You probably won't know weather it is a boy or a girl for a while if you get a baby. They don't get their reproductive parts for a while. Just like any other pet, they do take a lot of work.
2016-03-29 00:05:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably. My grandfather used to eat choclate covered crickets. Yuck! I know they are quite a treat in some cultures as well as beetles and roaches.
2006-11-17 13:59:56 · answer #3 · answered by Annie Hightower 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Crickets are funny, if you put one in your mouth it will head for darkness..down your throat..you can feel them crawling inside untill they are sucked into the digestive trac...next day they come out unscathed just like a piece of corn..dont ask me how I know this..lol
2006-11-17 14:14:32 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't recommend it - but yes, humans can eat crickets...
-dh
2006-11-17 14:06:41 · answer #5 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-04-12 02:06:21 · answer #6 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,they have nutrition and or served all kinds of ways,But i wouldn't eat one
2006-11-17 14:05:11 · answer #7 · answered by Suzanne M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
And they're a heckuvalot better for you than snack cakes, sodas, or spaghetti.
2006-11-17 14:13:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are harmless and yes you can eat them, if you really want to.
2006-11-17 14:05:58 · answer #9 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from the beginning 'humans' ate any and everything including each other
2006-11-17 14:08:41 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋