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 fried bugs as a nutritious and tasty snack!
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| Ecooper |
Posted on 16-04-2013 23:32
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Member Location: Posts: 45 Joined: 09.08.12 |
Last month I was in Bangkok, Thailand to attend CITES CoP 16. One free afternoon (my only free afternoon) I took the skytrain out to the Chatuchak (weekend) market—the biggest weekend market in the world. This market is incredible: it is HUGE (according to Wikipedia it covers over 35 acres and contains more than 5,000 stalls); it’s CROWDED. It’s a vast labyrinth of stalls, tiny shops and carts selling absolutely everything. It’s chaotic, confusing and utterly fascinating. I spent a couple of hours going through the live animals and tropical fish area. The afternoon I was there the temperature was 35°C (95°F) and 100% humidity (or so it felt) and in the market there wasn’t a breath of air. After a couple hours I was absolutely dying—I desperately needed air conditioning, a shower and a gallon of water to drink. When I exited the market I came across a cheerful vendor who was selling a variety of fried insects as tasty snacks! I took the opportunity to take a few photos for my blog before I dashed back to the hotel to cool off... Below is a nice photo of the vendor and a couple of examples of what he had to offer. If anyone has any idea as to the identification of the bugs in the last 2 photos, please let me know! Cheers, EC www.macrocritters.wordpress.com  vender close copyright ernie cooper 2013_filtered by ernie.cooper, on Flickr  grasshoppers 3 copyright ernie cooper 2013_filtered sm by ernie.cooper, on Flickr  pupae copyright ernie cooper 2013_filtered sm by ernie.cooper, on Flickr |
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