The Japanese tradition of raising and eating wasps (2019)
I can&#x27;t help but feel that there&#x27;s a very good reason that many of us have a deep, instinctive revulsion to eating insects. I am not familiar with the research, but my feeling is that this is probably an evolved builtin (I recall that the aversion to snake movement has been shown to be). And regardless, there are very few cultures globally which engage in this practice. This seems surprising considering they are a source of protein that is widely available, and seems reasonably easy to farm. And so to me, Chesterton&#x27;s Fence suggests we should be very careful about making sudden moves here. For example:<p>&gt; Parasites were detected in 244 (81.33%) out of 300 (100%) examined insect farms. In 206 (68.67%) of the cases, the identified parasites were pathogenic for insects only; in 106 (35.33%) cases, parasites were potentially parasitic for animals; and in 91 (30.33%) cases, parasites were potentially pathogenic for humans. Edible insects are an underestimated reservoir of human and animal parasites. [...] Conducted parasitological examination suggests that edible insects may be the most important parasite vector for domestic insectivorous animals.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC6613697&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC6613697&#x2F;</a>