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Old 10-18-2012, 09:10   #14
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Originally Posted by mark46th View Post
How many grasshopper eggs to make an omelette?
Sir,

As my research suggested;

"The egg cluster generally consists of 60 to 80 eggs that are secured together by a frothy polymer-like substance that the female secretes. Females may lay up to three egg pods. The eggs are 7 to 8 mm in length and are light orange in color."

From that data I would opine that a dozen or so female grasshopper egg secretions would be able to sustain as an omlet, give or take a few?

It would take work though to prepare the eggs after the female has been rendered dead, but it could theoretically be done am sure....by a very highly skilled special operative with a lot of patience, and a hungry stomach needing sustanance in the wild?

Holly
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