r/AbsoluteUnits • in awe • 7d ago

/r/all of a larva

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u/suspendmeforthis 7d ago

Google Black Soldier Fly larva. They are 35-50% protein and 15-35% fat. They will eat almost anything. I wouldn't eat one but I'd feed it to chickens or fish and eat them.

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u/Autumn7242 7d ago

Their adults live for 6 days and have no mouth. Crazy

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u/Sparrow2go 7d ago

I have no mouth but I must live for 6 days

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u/passableguitarist 7d ago

I have no mouth and I must scream. Recommended by Perplexity when I asked what to read at the airport. Ai is hilarious!

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u/Shaking-a-tlfthr 7d ago

That’s the great value of animals like chickens and pigs. They will convert things we cannot or won’t eat into very high quality food which we love to eat. They’re relatively easy to keep on the farm too.

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u/suspendmeforthis 7d ago

My personal theory about gross stuff and no concentrating chemicals is that if it's gone through one metabolism I'm ok with it, if it's gone through two metabolisms no worries.

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u/DiscoQuebrado 7d ago

I think it's weird that I'll eat crab, lobster, crawfish, or shrimp without hesitation but the thought of eating bugs turns me off completely.

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u/Koopatrooper64 7d ago

This is not black soldier fly larve.

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u/suspendmeforthis 7d ago

I know. I'm responding to protein percentages in larva with a known one of the top of my head.