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Insects reproduce at a faster rate than beef animals. A female cricket can lay from 1,200 to 1,500 eggs in three to four weeks, while for beef the ratio is four breeding animals for each market animal produced. This gives house crickets a true food conversion efficiency almost 20 times higher than beef. [29]
Mammals. Bovinae: . American bison; Water buffalo; Cattle; Domestic yak; Camelidae: . Dromedary; Llama; Canidae: . Dog; Caprae () . Domestic goat; Cervidae (deer ...
Animals that are commonly fed live food include bearded dragons, [2] leopard geckos and other lizards, various types of snake, turtles, and carnivorous fish.Other animals, such as skunks (which are sometimes kept as pets), being omnivorous, can also eat some live food, though it is unknown how common this is in practice.
These amounts surpassed even those of the highest protein meats, such as chicken breast, turkey breast, beef sirloin and horse meat, which ranged from 19-22 grams per 100 grams.
In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-44015-3. Calvin W. Schwabe (1979). Unmentionable Cuisine. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 0-8139-1162-1. Frederick J. Simoons (1994). Eat Not This Flesh: Food Avoidances from Prehistory to the Present. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 0-299-14250-7.
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Pholidoptera griseoaptera can reach a body length of 11 to 21 mm (males) and 15 to 20 mm (females), much smaller than the similar Pholidoptera aptera. The sickle-shaped and upward curved ovipositor of the females is 8 to 10 mm long, while the males have two short cerci. The antennae and the hind legs are quite long.
Gryllinae, or field crickets, are a subfamily of insects in the order Orthoptera and the family Gryllidae. They hatch in spring, and the young crickets (called nymphs) eat and grow rapidly. They shed their skin eight or more times before they become adults. Field crickets eat a broad range of food: seeds, plants, or insects (dead or alive).