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Papa roach: Farmer breeds bugs for the table, sells them for over Sh1.3 million

Cockroaches on skewers.

As farmer Li Bingcai opened the door to his cockroach farm in southwest China, an insect the size of a dart flew into his face.

Picking the critter off his forehead, he tossed it back into the dark room where some 10 million more of its kind scurried around, housed in wooden frames perched on shelves.

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