I cannot comprehend and my brain has broken :what-the-hell:

  • CommCat [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    watched an old NatGeo documentary on the Amazon, and the natives were eating a roasted tarantula, narrator says it tastes like prawns.

    • disco [any]
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      3 years ago

      In Cambodia, people started eating tarantulas during the food shortages brought on by the Khmer Rouge. They realized that tarantulas are delicious, and they’re a popular food item to this day.

      At the train stations in Phnom Pehn, there are young women with huge platters piled high with fried spiders for the travelers.