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Are those edible? They look like a good replacement for shrimps. Nothing would guarantee their survival better than becoming a food source for humans!

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As a counterpoint to your claim that being a food source for humans guarantees survival, the orange roughy is a good example. It is a fish that was discovered as tasty and then fished to 10% of its original numbers within 50 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_roughy#Threats

True, but I didn't think that we should go to Ball's Pyramid and eat them up. I was thinking about mass production. Think about chicken: there are more chickens than humans on this planet [1].

These creatures have such a great name! Nobody wants to eat crickets or worms, but who could resist a tree lobster? It is such a great marketing name!

[1] http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/07/global-liv...

Edit: you are right that being a food source for humans doesn't guarantee survival. It only happens if the food source can be mass produced.

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