Girl Meets Bug Ep. 2: Giant Fried Scorpion

Daniella Martin, the host of Girl Meets Bug, cooks up another culinary wonder: a fried Emperor Scorpion. For more information on edible insects and the Girl Meets Bug show, go to www.girlmeetsbug.com. Thanks!

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• Scorpions
• YouTube
• Girl
• eating
• Scorpion
• insects
• weird
• gross
• freaky
• delicious

[kaiser1one]

That.....is a big scorpion.....

And it looked kinda tough, just slightly.

[GirlMeetsBug]

@kaiser1one -- it was only tough on the outside, on the inside it was very tender. Just like a lobster. A "land lobster"!

[eyad116]

this is the most freakiest weirdest show i ever seen, but i love watching this!!!!!! i don't know if i ever gonna eat things like that, but daniella is inspiring and amazing! i never thought of eating stuff like,that but who knows?

love your show!!

[GirlMeetsBug]

@eyad116 Thanks for the awesome comment! :D

[Az562008]

...where the hell can you buy Scorpions? XD

[GirlMeetsBug]

@Az562008 -- try calling Hotlix.com. You have to actually call them on the phone and ask for them as they don't advertise them on their website. They will send you small, dried scorpions that were raised for human consumption -- you can eat the whole thing, stinger and all! Alternatively, try your local pet store.

[fuhcq2]

omg you are beautiful. this is awesome. make more recipes!

[Binkhum]

why don't you make more?!

[SammyChicky123]

you should try live octopus

[fireline6]

those scorpions are more expensive than lobsters, i might as well just eat a lobster.

[sigmurusu]

She looks like jennifer aniston

[MightBiteYa]

I wouldn't have thought the emperor scorpion was considered a desirable scorpion for eating (due to the size and hair), but on second though, I suppose there's no reason NOT to eat that species. I'd give it a shot, but they go for around $20 a pop at the pet stores here. I'd love to find them online somewhere, maybe frozen as opposed to dried, like the hotlix kind. Dried and fried just doesn't seem very appetizing. Great vid though!

[Mercenary78]

@GirlMeetsBug ever eaten a live bug? and tell me what kind?

[palegothicangel]

@rkmugen it's heat not oil that denatures the protein by altering the structures in the rna. although denatured proteins can't function in the original way i'd want to make sure it was very very cooked before eating its tail.

[Alendrasposthumannow]

discusting, inhumane way of killing him, and fetishy

[Wolfgirl828]

She says she's "not quite that adventurous" and yet she is trying a bug! lol

it does look good though...

[rkmugen]

If frying de-natures the proteins (and venom?), could the same result be achieved from boiling them in salted water, just like cooking a lobster or crab?

[65016792]

dude wtf why didnt you cut off the stingers first?