I think it's a mole cricket 8) (Just keeping with the flow of the threads lately hehehehe) 10 more posts will confirm it though :lol:
If you're going to gather them up for food, be careful as the forelegs are modified for digging, they're very strong and covered in serrations which can give you a superficial but mildly painful injury.
Legs modified for digging are called "fossorial", did you know that Sdaji, didya didya?
I was thinking about making a similar post
Yes, it's definitely a mole cricket, uh huh, I knew it and even though you'd already been told and had it confirmed several times, I wanted to look like I knew too, 'cause I'm so smart
Oh, right, by this stage I'm supposed to add extra information about them and personal anecdotes of my experiences with them, and in the case that others have already provided information and anecdotes, my information must be more detailed and obscure than the previous information, and my anecdotes funnier and more impressive.
They often turn up in rice paddies, and rice farmers often gather them up and eat them. They're quite delicious and nutritious. If you're going to gather them up for food, be careful as the forelegs are modified for digging, they're very strong and covered in serrations which can give you a superficial but mildly painful injury. They have long, drawn out calls and usually call from the entrance of their burrows.
When I was a little kid...
Okay, I'm bored now, I couldn't even be bothered googling them to get their global distributional data, number of species, etc
Legs modified for digging are called "fossorial", did you know that Sdaji, didya didya?
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