bugs

Summers here as are the bugs that make our lives miserable. One of those bugs is the chigger and there's a lot of misconceptions about treating chigger bites.

Listen, don't read this while you're eating. Come back when you've finished though. It's just that reading about parboiling insects might have a negative effect on your appetite. See, the 17-year cicadas have already started to emerge from the ground, and there are going to be billions of them. BILLIONS. So, you may as well eat some, right?

Well, it's finally happened -- someone died after gorging themselves in an eating contest. But here's the kicker: The 32-year-old man in question passed away after scarfing down dozens of roaches and worms. Ick! Why couldn't it have been something tasty like hot dogs or buffalo wings?

Upon returning to the dugout from the field, Florida Marlin Logan Morrison was attacked by a large praying mantis, who had been perched on the dugout’s rails. His reaction? A bit extreme: Morrison’s arms flailed all over the place in a desperate attempt to get the harmless bug away from his person. Needless to say, his teammates and the game’s broadcasters found his insect-triggered spasms highly