In ancient times, there was a locust plague, why didn t the victims eat locusts?

Updated on history 2024-07-03
18 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    The ancient people were very superstitious and believed that this divine punishment could not be broken. So I don't eat it.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    Because the ancient people were more superstitious, they believed that the locusts were a punishment sent by heaven to punish them, so they did not dare to eat the locusts, but could only watch the locusts eat food.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    Because in ancient times, locusts were beneficial insects, natural enemies of those pests that ate crops, so the victims were reluctant to eat at all.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    Because they didn't dare, the reason was that most of the ancients were superstitious, thinking that locusts were sent by God to punish the world, and they were a kind of sacred thing, so of course they didn't think about eating them.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Because in ancient times, they were more feudal and superstitious, and they believed that the appearance of locust plague was God's punishment for human beings. And the locusts are messengers from heaven, so they dare not eat them, and this is the main reason.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Because the locusts during the locust plague are poisonous, the locusts during the locust plague are different from usual, and after eating, they will have an impact on the body.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Fear of poisoning. The ancients did not know enough about locusts, they believed that locusts were pests and must be poisonous, so they did not dare to eat them.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Proving that locusts can be eaten only means that it is not poisonous, but the locust plague cannot be solved by eating locusts, because locust plagues are large-scale locust attacks, and after destroying crops, they leave quickly, and the people have no time to catch locusts.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Because the protein contained in insects is a heterogeneous protein, the human body cannot absorb it, and the locusts can't be full, and even some people will be allergic to heterogeneous proteins and cause suffocation to death, and the ancients did not dare to eat it easily. In addition, most people still have surplus food at home during the locust plague, and they will not choose to eat locusts until they finish eating, and when the food is finished, the locusts have already flown away.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Locusts are also not easy to eat. The locusts are gone after eating the crops, and they will wait for you to eat them! The locusts in the locust plague are different from ordinary locusts, that is, flying locusts, and the speed of migration is very fast, even if you really want to catch them, you can't catch much.

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    Because of feudal superstition, the victims did not dare to catch and drive away locusts unless they had to, let alone eat them, for fear of angering the gods. There is also the fact that the calories of locusts are too low to fill their stomachs.

  12. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Because the locust plague is a large-scale attack of locusts, they quickly fly away after destroying the crops, and the people have no time to catch locusts, let alone eat locusts.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Locust plagues occur for a short period of time, the locusts fly away after eating the food, and they are very fast, and the people do not have so much time to catch them.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    In ancient times, who dared to eat insects casually without experiments, and at that time, technology was not developed, so how could it be so easy to catch locusts.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    At that time, how did they know that locusts could be eaten, and people were so superstitious at that time, thinking that locusts were God's punishment, how could they dare to catch locusts to eat.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    "If you eat the plague worm, you will offend the heavens. "The victims, for fear of angering the gods, did not dare to catch and drive away the locusts, let alone eat them, until they had to.

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    At the beginning of the locust plague, large-scale catching, drying, and storage are required. The locusts fly away after eating the crops, leaving people with a large-scale catch that may only take a day or two, and the large number of small holes used for catching them is difficult to prepare.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    First of all, the people at that time did not know whether they could eat it or not, and secondly, the people at that time were superstitious, believing that the locusts were sent by God to punish people, and they did not dare to eat them.

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