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Spiders for Breakfast in Skuon, Cambodia. The Cambodian town Skuon is literally crawling with spiders, which have infested the area for decades. Known as Spider Town, the settlement is crawling with huge arachnids, which drop onto people’s heads from above and scurry all over every surface in town. In fact, Skuon is so infested that locals have taken to eating the eight-legged residents scuttling all over their town. The crispy crawlies are deep fried and served with a pinch of herbs on a bed of noodles or rice. Are said to taste like a cross between chicken and cod, although they are a far less appealing prospect to look at. (Photo by Alamy Stock Photo)

Spiders for Breakfast in Skuon, Cambodia. The Cambodian town Skuon is literally crawling with spiders, which have infested the area for decades. Known as Spider Town, the settlement is crawling with huge arachnids, which drop onto people’s heads from above and scurry all over every surface in town. In fact, Skuon is so infested that locals have taken to eating the eight-legged residents scuttling all over their town. The crispy crawlies are deep fried and served with a pinch of herbs on a bed of noodles or rice. Are said to taste like a cross between chicken and cod, although they are a far less appealing prospect to look at. Whilst the hairy legs are good to eat, customers are warned not to bite into the abdomen, which is brimming with innards and the spider’s bodily fluids. The town had always been swamped with spiders, but it took a devastating famine for the residents to start looking at them as a potential food source. As Pol Pot’s communist government wreaked havoc on the South East Asian country, people were forced to flee the cities and take up farming in the countryside. Since nobody knew how to farm, the country’s poorest residents begun to starve – and the residents of Skuon had no choice but to eat the spiders infesting their homes. Today, the critters are considered to be a delicacy, and tourists have been known to flock to the region to try some fried tarantula and get a taste of rural Cambodia. (Photo by Alamy Stock Photo)



A Cambodian tuk tuk driver and guide with a tarantula in his mouth shortly after is was dug from the ground on June 7, 2010 in Skuon, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. The trade for spiders and other insects as food and for medicinal purposes has been in effect since the 1970's in Cambodia but only very recently have tourists been finding a way to see where the spiders are hunted in the nearby countryside. One guide, who can be found in Kampong Cham Town has started offering tours to tourists who can find him. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)

A Cambodian tuk tuk driver and guide with a tarantula in his mouth shortly after is was dug from the ground on June 7, 2010 in Skuon, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. The trade for spiders and other insects as food and for medicinal purposes has been in effect since the 1970's in Cambodia but only very recently have tourists been finding a way to see where the spiders are hunted in the nearby countryside. One guide, who can be found in Kampong Cham Town has started offering tours to tourists who can find him. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)



A Cambodian woman selling deep fried tarantulas to Cambodians and tourists at a bus stop on June 7, 2010 in Skuon, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)

A Cambodian woman selling deep fried tarantulas to Cambodians and tourists at a bus stop on June 7, 2010 in Skuon, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)



A young Cambodian girl holding a tarantula shortly after it was dug from the ground on June 7, 2010 in Skuon, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)

A young Cambodian girl holding a tarantula shortly after it was dug from the ground on June 7, 2010 in Skuon, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)



A local Cambodian man walks into a cashew nut plantation to hunt for tarantulas on June 7, 2010 in Skuon, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)

A local Cambodian man walks into a cashew nut plantation to hunt for tarantulas on June 7, 2010 in Skuon, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)



A tarantula emerges from a hole shortly after it was dug from the ground on June 7, 2010 in Skuon, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)

A tarantula emerges from a hole shortly after it was dug from the ground on June 7, 2010 in Skuon, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)



Deep fried tarantulas displayed on a tray ready for sale to Cambodians and tourists at a bus stop on June 7, 2010 in Skuon, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)

Deep fried tarantulas displayed on a tray ready for sale to Cambodians and tourists at a bus stop on June 7, 2010 in Skuon, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)



A local Cambodian man checks a venemous tarantula has been defanged shortly after it had been hunted from the ground on June 7, 2010 in Skuon, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)

A local Cambodian man checks a venemous tarantula has been defanged shortly after it had been hunted from the ground on June 7, 2010 in Skuon, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images)



Breaded and deep fried tarantula for sale at Skuon, Cambodia, known locally as “Spiderville”. (Photo by Alamy Stock Photo)

Breaded and deep fried tarantula for sale at Skuon, Cambodia, known locally as “Spiderville”. (Photo by Alamy Stock Photo)



Woman with a mound of breaded and deep fried tarantulas for sale at Skuon, Cambodia, known locally as “Spiderville”. (Photo by Alamy Stock Photo)

Woman with a mound of breaded and deep fried tarantulas for sale at Skuon, Cambodia, known locally as “Spiderville”. (Photo by Alamy Stock Photo)
04 Sep 2016 09:27:00