A hamster in captivity can occasionally
eat mealworms or earthworms, which have high protein contents.
Living on a secret island, Nim and her father
eat mealworms for dinner, are exposed to violent tropical storms, and have their beach invaded by passengers from an ocean liner who show up in bikinis.
Eating mealworms raw are tasteless, i haven't tried them roasted yet but its next on my list.
Not exact matches
Using a lab model to mimic human digestion, the researchers analyzed the mineral content of grasshoppers, crickets,
mealworms, and buffalo worms (oy)-- along with a sample of sirloin beef — and estimated how much of each nutrient would likely be absorbed if
eaten.
Now, the honor for strangest food I've ever
eaten would go to fried
mealworms, though I don't recommend them nearly as much as delicious fermented foods (though they are a good source of protein).
Around the world, though, you can
eat almost any insect — 80 % of the world's countries
eat over 1,600 species of insects and this includes
mealworms, termites and ant eggs.
They also
eat earthworms, pinkie mice, and
mealworms.
In the wild, they're known to
eat small insects such as crickets and
mealworms.
Leopard geckos don't just
eat crickets — they love all kinds of insects, including
mealworms, superworms and waxworms.
Chameleons predominantly
eat insects (
mealworms, crickets) and may also
eat roaches, snails, and silkworms.
They do
eat live crickets and
mealworms, but adults can be fed every other day, so a weekend away doesn't mean a mad scramble to find a pet sitter.
In the early years of our hobby, standard - issue
mealworms were often the only live insect food that stores carried, and they were often prescribed to animals that either wouldn't
eat them or that would meet their nutritional demise from
eating them.
The one major roadblock is getting over our North American squeamishness at the thought of
eating crickets,
mealworms, grasshoppers, buffalo worms, locusts, and the like.
I suspect that given the benefits, in a few years we and our dogs will be
eating a lot of crickets and
mealworms; there are so many benefits with such a low footprint.
I particularly liked the bolognese sauce from One Hop Kitchen; it is tasty, high in protein, you really do not know that you are
eating yucky
mealworms, it is probably the easiest introduction to
eating bugs on the market.
The researchers also intend to follow the plastic -
eating worms up the food chain, and study the health of animals that prey on Styrofoam - munching
mealworms.