Talk:Entomophagy

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[edit] Number of Species eaten

I have eaten ants and found them sour but quite tasty. Nevertheless, do we have a source for this fact:

Accounts show that humans eat 1200+ species of insects.

I'm sure it's true but it's nice to have sources for things like that. Agentsoo 12:50, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Regarding the citation of the late anthropologist Marvin Harris:

As an advocate of entomophagy, I'm wondering about the information attributed to Harris in this entry. If anyone could enlighten me as to where in Harris' work I could find his claim of this taboo, and its basis in cultures that rely on animals that [supposedly] require less work to 'husband,' I'd be most grateful. I believe that there is compelling research out there to support the claim that insects are the least labor-intensive source of food protein.

Marvin Harris lists a couple plausible-sounding book titles. Stan 22:06, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Crustacea

Sorry I don't have time to work on this myself, but could those who have access to the books do a comparison between attitudes to eating insects and attitudes to eating crustacea? I've seen Batswana shudder with horror at the very idea of a prawn, tho being happy to munch on mopane worms (which at least are not all legs and eyes...). Apart from those from the Okavango, they're pretty freaked by fish generally, in my experience. So there's a very high level of cultural determination going on here. JackyR 17:07, 8 April 2006 (UTC)