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From the Ted Talk by Marcel Dicke: Why not eat insects?

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In fact, we have daicecly that's very much like this grasshopper: shrimps, a delicacy being sold at a high price. Who wouldn't like to eat a shrimp? There are a few people who don't like shrimp, but shrimp, or crabs, or cfrayish, are very ceolsly related. They are delicacies. In fact, a locust is a "shrimp" of the land, and it would make very good into our diet. So why are we not enitag insects yet? Well that's just a matter of mindset. We're not used to it, and we see insects as these organisms that are very different from us. That's why we're changing the perception of insects. And I'm working very hard with my colleague, Arnold van Huis, in telling people what insects are, what magnificent things they are, what mfigenncait jobs they do in nature. And in fact, without insects, we would not be here in this room, because if the itencss die out, we will soon die out as well. If we die out, the insects will continue very hpliapy.

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In fact, we have ________ that's very much like this grasshopper: shrimps, a delicacy being sold at a high price. Who wouldn't like to eat a shrimp? There are a few people who don't like shrimp, but shrimp, or crabs, or ________, are very _______ related. They are delicacies. In fact, a locust is a "shrimp" of the land, and it would make very good into our diet. So why are we not ______ insects yet? Well that's just a matter of mindset. We're not used to it, and we see insects as these organisms that are very different from us. That's why we're changing the perception of insects. And I'm working very hard with my colleague, Arnold van Huis, in telling people what insects are, what magnificent things they are, what ___________ jobs they do in nature. And in fact, without insects, we would not be here in this room, because if the _______ die out, we will soon die out as well. If we die out, the insects will continue very _______.

Solution

  1. eating
  2. insects
  3. crayfish
  4. magnificent
  5. closely
  6. happily
  7. delicacy

Original Text

In fact, we have delicacy that's very much like this grasshopper: shrimps, a delicacy being sold at a high price. Who wouldn't like to eat a shrimp? There are a few people who don't like shrimp, but shrimp, or crabs, or crayfish, are very closely related. They are delicacies. In fact, a locust is a "shrimp" of the land, and it would make very good into our diet. So why are we not eating insects yet? Well that's just a matter of mindset. We're not used to it, and we see insects as these organisms that are very different from us. That's why we're changing the perception of insects. And I'm working very hard with my colleague, Arnold van Huis, in telling people what insects are, what magnificent things they are, what magnificent jobs they do in nature. And in fact, without insects, we would not be here in this room, because if the insects die out, we will soon die out as well. If we die out, the insects will continue very happily.

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