A friend who worked closely with Inuit hunters in the Arctic told me that they eat botfly larvae from under the skin of caribou they have killed.
Ruth On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Judith S. Weis <[email protected]>wrote: > I've never heard of pea crabs being consumed on purpose. It's usually when > you pop a mussel in your mouth, get a surprise, and go "pfah" and see the > little crab on your plate! > > > > > > At a dinner conversation with Carl Zimmer (author of Parasite Rex, > > etc.) the question came up of whether there are any parasites > > regularly consumed as food (not unintentionally with your food). I > > came up with one animal (pea crab) and one fungus (huitlacoche; corn > > smut). Do you know of others? > > > > David Inouye > > >
