On their own, pretty cute.
Thousand of them, pretty fucking gross.
Once when I visited Mexico they had a plague of these glowing in. They’re were so many, all over the place. It was disgusting. The roads were smeared with bug guts that have been roasting in the hot Mexico sun.
They’re were so plentiful that the chickens at my grandma’s refused to eat them. They got tired of eating so many.
God I hate how insects look. I mean they look “cool”/fascinating, but oh so disgusting.
I have some serious suspicion it’s just evolution conditioning our brain to not try and eat these mofos. And maybe to stay away because some of them can give you a nasty bite (I mean, whatever that has way too many legs). Except people living under the most harsh conditions, having to resort to cricket thighs and locust butts.
I don’t know, maybe. I’m also very disgusted by shrimp and other shellfish with their shell intact. But we do eat those, and people hunt them without fear. And people keep crickets as pets and touch insects without fear, think they look “cute” etc. Insanity to me but, it doesn’t affect them like it does me.
I think it’s just a matter of exposure.
I mean, I didn’t mean people were terrified of them - just didn’t generally consider them cute/attracting/nice/edible. But we eat quite a lot of things because at one point desperate people had no other choice and found out it isn’t even bad at all (think of lobster as a prison food in the 19th century).
And then there are people who just grew up with them around all the time or just simply different (some actually like spiders or snakes as pets, etc.). So yeah, matter of exposure is a big factor.
Or I don’t know, kinks : ). I’m just talking about the average reaction.
Kill it, plague beast
Oh, that’s Frank. Just ignore him, he’s usually drunk.
are his jumping legs missing
