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    Gross Science
            The Case For Eating Bugs
                
                    
                        
                            Season 2
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 34
                        
                    
                
            
            
            I ate a lot of bugs...and (mostly) liked them.
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            If you're attacked you could run away, fight back...or you could barf. Gross!
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            It's called "coprophagia," and lots of dogs do it.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Inbreeding...It's hugely taboo for us, but lots of organisms do it.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Figs aren't exactly fruits...but that's not the only bizarre thing about them.
        
        
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    