The random fact on my Snapple cap today: "Honeybees are the only insects that make food for humans."
At first, I was amused by the wording of this..."make food" could also be interpreted as "serve as food" for humans. Chocolate-covered ants, anyone? Around the world, people also eat crickets, locusts, grasshoppers, etc. Thus, the random fact is incorrect in that interpretation.
If you want to be even more picky about the semantics, you could say that there are other insects that "make" food for humans. By that, I mean their larvae. Again, not exactly to American tastes, but there are plenty of cultures where grubs and such are an important source of protein.
Perhaps some of the TD-ers would agree =P
At first, I was amused by the wording of this..."make food" could also be interpreted as "serve as food" for humans. Chocolate-covered ants, anyone? Around the world, people also eat crickets, locusts, grasshoppers, etc. Thus, the random fact is incorrect in that interpretation.
If you want to be even more picky about the semantics, you could say that there are other insects that "make" food for humans. By that, I mean their larvae. Again, not exactly to American tastes, but there are plenty of cultures where grubs and such are an important source of protein.
Perhaps some of the TD-ers would agree =P
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