But why is everyone so freaked out about eating roaches or at the mere site of them?
Lobsters are also technically roaches from the sea and folks eat those babies up, while paying ridiculous amounts of money for them.
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roaches---quick moving, and dirty, they have a stigma to them. Even though, in evolutionary terms, they should be admired, as they are highly resilient, and very adaptable.
You are quite true about the lobsters and roaches, people who have shellfish allergies, are allergic to eating insects as well.