Entomophagy Anthropology (EATING BUGS AS SUSTAINABLE PROTEIN) with Julie Lesnik
Ologies with Alie Ward
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Termites - What's Happening With Primates?
"I was not necessarily a bug lover, but i think about it, and my mam was raised me to tike," she says. "So i definitely had a respect for them that i didn't realize was unique until i started studying them." The termites they study are fungus farmers who build their nests with chimneys so the heat can be regulated. They harvest food, bring it into the fungus that digests it partially, and then the termites eat the by product. How many termites would an ancient homedan have to eat in order to be healthy and have enough protein? A hundred grams is around two milligrams.
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