Doctors on Friday urged that a television programme set to show a man eating live centipedes and cockroaches be cancelled, saying it might endanger the lives of copycat youngsters.
Local newspapers published front-page photographs of Wek Srikhaimook — nicknamed ”Wek Cockroach” — eating the insects during a taping of the show, which is to be aired on Monday.
Wek says he’s been eating the creatures for more than 10 years and appeared on one television show three years ago munching on cockroaches.
He claims that he’s experienced no ill effects, but several experts disagree.
”Human beings should not eat live cockroaches and centipedes because the insects carry poison and bacteria which will cause damage to the liver in the long run,” Alongkorn Mahanop, a veterinarian, told a local radio station.
”I also would urge the media to be cautious in publishing or broadcasting such kind of weird eating practices because it will set a bad example for the young,” he said. – Sapa-AP