I would totally do this if I was really hungry. Maybe I’d kill it before eating it though. On the other hand, it’s hard to kill something with a distributed nervous system without first turning it into an even less-appetizing scorpion mash.
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You know what would make a good SCIAM piece: analyzing the pros and cons (in terms of energy expenditure) of eating insects.
From what I understand – most insects are edible – but mankind never really looked to them as a source of protein because the amount of energy it takes to gather them is not worth the amount of energy you get back by eating them. Except for a few tribes in Africa that live in proximity to some huge insects – it just doesn’t make sense.
Really – if you were in the wild and trying to survive – you’d only want to start hunting scorpions if there was nothing bigger or meatier around.
Good idea… but I wonder what that says about aall the bazillions of insectivorous creatures on earth.
Even grizzly bears, who you’d think would be going after bigger prey, eat insects during a certain time of year…
Grizzlies & Army Cutworm Moths
Bears Binge on Small Insects Found on High Mountain Slopes
http://mammals.suite101.com/article.cfm/a_bears_mountainside_treat