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Thread #60219   Message #963965
Posted By: Jeri
08-Jun-03 - 09:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Monkeys
Subject: RE: BS: Monkeys
John, I once saw a show on TV which demonstrated humans weren't the only animal to use tools. The monkey would select a twig and strip it of leafy things, then stick it into an old rotting tree-stump and pull it out covered with...well, they might have been termites. Either ants or termites. Bugs. The monkey would then eat the bugs of the stick.

Perhaps one of the first things early humans did when they discovered fire was spear a cockroach and roast it. Now, we have marshmallows and sausages.

While many human cultures eat bugs, I never quite developed a taste for them despite having eaten a lot of them by accident. They're probably a lot healthier than mad cows or salmonella tainted chickens. I believe they're low in cholesterol too.