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Chimpansepind - med myrer

Posted by · September 02, 2016 11:11 AM

En af de mere geniale værktøjer, som chimpanser tager i brug i deres hittepåsomme overlevelseskamp er en lille pind, de stikker ind i termitboer, for så at trække ud dækket i velsmagende snacks. På engelsk kalder man det en “chimp stick”, her har vi valgt at kalde det en “chimpansepind”. Dig deeper →

Insects as food is one thing – but how about insects as feed?

Posted by · August 23, 2016 1:24 AM · 1 reaction

BUGSfeed explores insects as food for people. It’s a huge topic with enough interesting facts and stories and questions to fill ten books, let alone one website. But here’s one aspect we’ve not looked at yet - what about insects as feed? Dig deeper →

Drumming is rainfall for termites

Posted by · March 29, 2016 3:06 PM · 1 reaction

When the bugs you want to catch are smaller than a fingernail’s length and live underground, how on earth do you get to them? Harvesting termites looks at first like one of the trickier challenges in entomophagy. Dig deeper →

A complex sandwich with... termites!

Posted by · March 29, 2016 3:06 PM · 1 reaction

“There’s wings everywhere!” What happens when you make a toasted termite sandwich in Kenya… Dig deeper →

Termite crackers

Posted by · March 06, 2016 3:24 PM · 1 reaction

In Kenya, Nordic Food Lab’s lead researcher for “Deliciousness as an argument for edible insects”, Josh Evans, came up with a cracking idea for a termite dish… Dig deeper →

Stores & Restaurants Offering Termites

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Stuck underground: the Termite

Posted by · February 28, 2016 12:15 PM

There’s something slightly alien about termites. Their crooked chimney-stack nests protrude like giant earthy fingers from the ground, ingeniously sucking in cool air and so ventilating the underground hive. Dig deeper →

Ant Chimp Stick

Posted by · December 08, 2015 7:47 PM · 2 reactions

One of the ingenious tools that chimpanzees use is a brush-ended stick which they dangle into a termite mound, pulling it out covered in tasty snacks - dubbed a ‘chimp stick’. The chefs at Nordic Food Lab came up with an ant equivalent, using liquorice root and honey and other delicately flavoured foods to complement the local wood ants and smelling carpenter ants. Dig deeper →

Eating insects is nothing new – but it's also the future. Still, many of us find it disgusting. We’re on a mission to find out more – not to sell you anything. Share our curiosity and join us in exploring a taste of insects!

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