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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. 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)
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