It’s all about perception vs reality. The greatest block we have is in our own minds…this story really is about how bugs may not always be quite the way we perceive them to be.
The same can be said for how bugs taste when you eat them.
Or for how bugs act when you farm them.
You never know until you try…
From the article “Feeding, cleaning chores erase zoo volunteer’s fear of bugs” by Chris Peters for the Omaha World-Herald, click here to read the full story:
Gaines now volunteers to feed several types of bugs and butterflies at the Berniece Grewcock Butterfly and Insect Pavilion every Thursday morning for a few hours. When she’s not feeding, she does a bit of cleaning or anything else the staff needs. “I thought it would be scary,” Gaines said. “But like people, once you get to know them, (the insects) are pretty cool.”