Desert shrimps

Very interesting wee photo essay from north eastern Nigeria about catching, selling and eating locusts,

“We eat them because they taste good and they are nutritious. In fact, they taste like shrimps,” says Judith Passo, a self-confessed locust eater. "The hind legs are the tastiest part. They are the ones that actually make people call the locusts desert shrimps." From the BBC.

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