Hello and welcome to mysteries of science. My name's Dan and I'm the editor of Science and nature,

the monthly magazine from the team behind the week junior. And I'm Michael the features editor.

On this podcast, we investigate weird events, strange creatures and mysterious places.

That's right. I'm going to let you in to a little behind-the-scenes secret here on mysteries of science.

When we record an episode, our producer Adam always asks us a question, the same question

every time, just to make sure our microphones are working properly.

And that question usually is,

what did you have for breakfast? Well, Dan, since you asked, I had a bowl of bran flakes for breakfast this morning. How about you? I had some fat-ass ants, or some salt and vinegar meal worms.

It's delicious. What was that?

Sol and vinegar meal.

I mean, I'm thinking about the first thing you said.

So on vinegar meal worms.

Yes, that's correct.

You heard me rightly.

What's wrong with that?

Nothing wrong with that.

Just not what I was expecting.

This is all.

Well, Michael, I like to think of myself as a man of the future,

and in the future, you too might be eating bugs for breakfast.

Because many scientists believe that farming insects is better for the planet

than farming cattle,

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