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  2. Cricket (insect) - Wikipedia

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    Crickets are efficient at converting their food into body mass, making them a candidate for food production. They are used as human food in Southeast Asia, where they are sold deep-fried in markets as snacks. They are also used to feed carnivorous pets and zoo animals. In Brazilian folklore, crickets feature as omens of various events.

  3. Crickets as pets - Wikipedia

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    According to a local tradition, a proper burial of a "general" ensures a good catch of wild crickets. [59] Live champion fighters sell for hundreds, rarely thousands of U.S. dollars. [44] The highest price for a single cricket was recorded in 1999 at 100,000 yuan ($12,000). [36]

  4. List of deadliest animals to humans - Wikipedia

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    Humans killed per year Animal Humans killed per year Animal Humans killed per year 1 Mosquitoes: 1,000,000 [a] Mosquitoes 750,000 Mosquitoes 725,000 2 Humans 475,000 Humans (homicide) 437,000 Snakes 50,000 3 Snakes: 50,000 Snakes 100,000 Dogs 25,000 4 Dogs: 25,000 [b] Dogs 35,000 Tsetse flies 10,000 5 Tsetse flies: 10,000 [c] Freshwater snails ...

  5. Gryllus bimaculatus - Wikipedia

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    Gryllus bimaculatus is a species of cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae.Most commonly known as the two-spotted cricket, [2] it has also been called the "African" or "Mediterranean field cricket", although its recorded distribution also includes much of Asia, including China and Indochina through to Borneo. [2]

  6. Wild animal suffering - Wikipedia

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    In Ethics and Education, published in 1912, Moore critiques the human conception of animals in the wild. He writes: "Many of these non-human beings are so remote from human beings in language, appearance, interests, and ways of life, as to be nothing but 'wild animals.' These 'wild things' have, of course, no rights whatever in the eyes of men."

  7. Predation problem - Wikipedia

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    "Predation problem" can also refer to the predation of animals who belong to species considered valuable to humans for economic reasons or conservation, such as domestic sheep predation by coyotes, [55] farmed salmon predation by seals, [56] the predation of animals who are hunted for sport or food [57] and cat predation of wild animals; [58 ...

  8. These animals get a bad rap, but here's why we need them - AOL

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    Earthworms: These slimy things are not just good for fishing bait. They also help keep the plants in your gardens alive by creating holes in the soil for oxygen and nutrients to travel through.

  9. House cricket - Wikipedia

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    The house cricket is typically gray or brownish in color, growing to 16–21 millimetres (0.63–0.83 in) in length. Males and females look similar, but females will have a brown-black, needle-like ovipositor extending from the center rear, approximately the same length as the cerci, the paired appendages towards the rear-most segment of the cricket.