Name: 馬塞爾.迪克 (Marcel Dicke)：何不食昆蟲？ (中英雙字幕) (馬塞爾.迪克 (Marcel Dicke)：何不食昆蟲？ (中英雙字幕))
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T05:05:12.000Z
Duration: 18 min 35 s

我又要來告訴你們 Okay, I'm going to show you

一些有關我們飲食的事。 again something about our diets.

And I would like to know what the audience is.

我想先知道現場聽衆有哪些人 And I would like to know what the audience is.

曾有人吃過昆蟲嗎？ And so who of you ever ate insects?

然而，在場的各位 But still, you're not representing

並不代表全球人口的實況 the overall population of the Earth.

Because there's 80 percent out there that really eats insects.

因爲，實際上全球百分之八十的人吃昆蟲 Because there's 80 percent out there that really eats insects.

而這樣是很好的。 But this is quite good.

Why not eat insects? Well first, what are insects?

何不食昆蟲？首先我們要定義，什麽是昆蟲？ Why not eat insects? Well first, what are insects?

Insects are animals that walk around on six legs.

昆蟲是有六隻腳的動物 Insects are animals that walk around on six legs.

這裡你可以看到一些種類 And here you see just a selection.

There's six million species of insects on this planet,

全球有六百萬種的昆蟲 There's six million species of insects on this planet,

哺乳類只有幾百種 There's a few hundreds of mammals --

而昆蟲有六百萬種。 six million species of insects.

In fact, if we count all the individual organisms,

而且，如果我們把所有生物個體算進來 In fact, if we count all the individual organisms,

我們得到的不只這個數字。 we would come at much larger numbers.

事實上，地球上的動物 In fact, of all animals on Earth,

所有的種類都算進去 of all animal species,

百分之八十都是六隻腳的動物。 80 percent walks on six legs.

But if we would count all the individuals,

如果我們把所有的生物個體都算進來 But if we would count all the individuals,

再取所有的平均重量 and take an average weight of them,

it would amount to something like 200 to 2,000 kg.

你我每個人會對應到 it would amount to something like 200 to 2,000 kg.

大概200到2000公斤重的昆蟲。 for each of you and me on Earth.

這表示，就生物質量來説 That means that in terms of biomass

昆蟲佔的比重比我們人類還大很多。 insects are more abundant than we are.

我們住的不是人的星球 And we're not on a planet of men,

而是昆蟲的星球。 but we're on a planet of insects.

昆蟲不只存在自然裏 Insects are not only there in nature,

but they also are involved in our economy,

也跟我們的經濟息息相關 but they also are involved in our economy,

這點大部分的我們都不知道。 usually without us knowing.

a conservative estimation, a couple of years ago

一項保守的估算說  a conservative estimation, a couple of years ago

昆蟲給美國經濟 that the U.S. economy

570億美金的效益。 dollars per year.

對美國的經濟來説 It's a number -- very large --

a contribution to the economy of the United States for free.

這是一個十分大，但免費的貢獻。 a contribution to the economy of the United States for free.

And so I looked up what the economy was paying

我也順便查了 And so I looked up what the economy was paying

花在伊拉克戰爭的費用 in the same year.

是800億美金。 It was 80 billion U.S. dollars.

伊拉克戰爭並不便宜。 was not a cheap war.

但是昆蟲，免費地 So insects, just for free,

contribute to the economy of the United States

為美國的經濟帶來 contribute to the economy of the United States

相當於伊戰規模的效益 with about the same order of magnitude

卻沒有任何人知道。 just for free, without everyone knowing.

而且不止在美國，在任何國家、 And not only in the States,

任何經濟體系裏都有這樣的效益 but in any country, in any economy.

昆蟲們是怎麽辦到的？ What do they do?

They remove dung, they pollinate our crops.

昆蟲會分解糞便，幫農作物授粉 They remove dung, they pollinate our crops.

我們吃的水果 A third of all the fruits that we eat

of insects taking care of the reproduction of plants.

都是藉由昆蟲授粉而生産的。 of insects taking care of the reproduction of plants.

昆蟲抑制害蟲的蔓延 They control pests.

也是動物的食物來源 And they're food for animals.

他們位於食物鏈的底層 They're at the start of food chains.

小動物吃昆蟲 Small animals eat insects.

大型的動物也吃昆蟲。 Even larger animals eat insects.

吃昆蟲的小動物 But the small animals that eat insects

被大動物吃掉 are being eaten by larger animals,

又被更大的動物吃掉 still larger animals.

And at the end of the food chain, we are eating them as well.

位於食物鏈末端的我們也吃昆蟲。 And at the end of the food chain, we are eating them as well.

There's quite a lot of people that are eating insects.

有很多人吃昆蟲 There's quite a lot of people that are eating insects.

in a small, provincial town in China, Lijiang --

一個人口兩百萬 in a small, provincial town in China, Lijiang --

叫麗江的小城。 about two million inhabitants.

If you go out for dinner, like in a fish restaurant,

你去吃晚餐，就像在海產店 If you go out for dinner, like in a fish restaurant,

where you can select which fish you want to eat,

你挑選你要吃的魚 where you can select which fish you want to eat,

you can select which insects you would like to eat.

在這裡你挑選你要吃的昆蟲。 you can select which insects you would like to eat.

廚師把昆蟲變成色香味俱全的菜。 And they prepare it in a wonderful way.

你看我在吃的昆蟲大餐有 And here you see me enjoying a meal

毛毛蟲、蝗蟲 with caterpillars, locusts,

蜜蜂等等。 bee, [unclear] delicacies.

每天還有新菜色 And you can eat something new everyday.

There's more than 1,000 species of insects

全球有超過1000種的昆蟲 There's more than 1,000 species of insects

that are being eaten all around the globe.

被人類食用。 that are being eaten all around the globe.

than just a few mammals that we're eating,

像牛、豬、羊 than just a few mammals that we're eating,

區區幾種哺乳類比起來 like a cow or a pig

這種類是很多的 an enormous variety.

你可能會想 And now you may think, okay,

in this provincial town in China they're doing that, but not us.

好吧，中國這個鄉下地方的人吃蟲，我們可不吃。 in this provincial town in China they're doing that, but not us.

Well we've seen already that quite some of you

我們剛才看到了 Well we've seen already that quite some of you

在場各位裏有些人偶爾可能吃昆蟲。 already ate insects maybe occasionally.

我可以跟你們說， But I can tell you that everyone of you

is eating insects, without any exception.

所有的人都吃昆蟲，而且沒有例外。 is eating insects, without any exception.

每一年你至少 You're eating at least

吃進了五百公克 500 grams per year.

番茄湯、花生醬 Tomato soup, peanut butter,

巧克力、麵條等 chocolate, noodles --

所有處理過的食品 any processed food that you're eating

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