This helps produce a steady temperature for the longest possible time. In Africa, where the termites and ants alone outweigh all the mammals put together, insects are especially important. Plagues carried by insects determine where people can live and where crops can survive. But insects can be friends as well as enemies. For instance, insects make great chicken food.
Insects have a protein content about five times that of beef.
People all over the world eat insects. In fact, the United States is one of the only places where insects aren't eaten. Copyright 1998, Classroom Connect. All rights reserved.