{"id":5207,"date":"2013-05-02T23:16:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T18:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=5207"},"modified":"2013-05-02T23:16:15","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T18:16:15","slug":"man-addicted-to-eating-insects-reveals-he-has-consumed-5000-species-in-the-past-11-years-with-cockroaches-among-his-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=5207","title":{"rendered":"Man addicted to eating INSECTS reveals he has consumed 5,000 species in the past 11 years – with cockroaches among his favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"i2\"<\/a>A man has told how he is addicted to eating bugs and has consumed over 5,000 species in the past 11 years.<\/p>\n

To satisfy his cravings David Gracer, 47, from Providence, Rhode Island, keeps a constant stock of his favorite treats, which include fly pupa, cockroaches and scorpions, in his basement freezer.<\/p>\n

In a preview for tonight’s episode of TLC’s<\/a> My Crazy Obsession, the married father-of-one demonstrates how he uses a net to hunt for creepy crawlies in the undergrowth and ‘painlessly’ kills them via a freezing method.<\/p>\n

Mr Gracer, who works as an English teacher, admits that his diet is unconventional.<\/p>\n

But defending his bizarre eating habit, he explains that it is just like people eating marine crustaceans – which are also considerably more expensive.<\/p>\n

‘Bugs, as long as they’re in the ocean – crabs, shrimp and lobster – are just fine to eat and people can spend quite a bit of money for them. But whereas bugs on the land, suddenly it’s all ewww.’<\/p>\n

However his wife, Kim Jason, seems unenthused by his fondness for foraging, which has gradually turned into a full-blown obsession.<\/p>\n

‘David’s interest in eating insects just kept getting bigger, bigger and bigger,’ she describes.<\/p>\n

The couple’s basement freezer contains over 12,000 insects, including 20 different species.<\/p>\n

It is estimated that more than half the world’s population eat a variety of flying, crawling, and biting bugs.<\/p>\n

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