You have likely eaten a bug at some point in your life. And when someone says something “tastes like cardboard,” you likely understand exactly what they mean.
However, a few unfortunate souls have had something unpleasant meet their taste buds. They’ve shared their experiences in the comments section of this Reddit question: “What’s something you’ve tasted that most humans have not?”
This list features firsthand accounts of people ingesting elephant carcasses, ladybug secretions, possum meat, and rat droppings. Some are a bit nasty, so proceed with caution.
#21
Actual battery acid, stupid I was I thought the stickyness I suddenly had on my finger was from the candy I just ate NOPE it was from the TV remote I used.
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33points
#22
Not me but someone i knew tasted radiation. It sounds weird but high intensity radiation apparently leaves a metallic taste in your mouth, as if you just licked a penny after holding it for a while. He was a chernobyl liquidator.
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33points
#23
Welp, I had a pidgeon die inside my place's water tank (it had a hole) and I drank that water for months... So I guess I had dead pidgeon tea.
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33points
#24
Well, not me, but my daughter ate a stinkt bug once... That was an intense experience... Stank on the way in...and on the way out...
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31points
#25
Pig s**t. I’m not proud of it, but sooner or later in every livestock farmers career you’re going to get some floor s**t splash about. And someday some of that splash will unfortunately hit your open mouth. And you will internally cry. God I wish I didn’t know this. It’s kinda like the smell of death tho I’ve found that to be somewhat more common.
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31points
#26
Jellyfish salad. I wasn't convinced when I first saw the dish, but I ended up liking it.
31points
#27
Armadillo. Never meant to have it, but was staying on a farm and the dog brought it. Owner wouldn't leave it to waste. Tastes like chicken.
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30points
#28
Yew berries. The only nonpoisonous part of a tree that every other part is deadly. Including the seed inside.
Do not recommend.
Do not recommend.
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29points
#29
A prickly pear. They’re native to my country so we eat then regularly, but whenever I’ve seen someone react to it (that’s not Mexican), they just act like it’s something from another planet.
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27points
#30
Termites, and it was surprisingly good. Minty if I recall correctly, was many years ago.
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25points
#31
We grew up on a farm and my brother watched some survival TV show where they were hunting for their own food and cooking it after. He was able to catch a toad, created a fire and cooked and sliced it up afterwards. Me, as the little girl looking up to her older brother (me: 6, him: 8), of course had to taste it. I don’t think it’s really common….
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24points
#32
Dunno if this counts but I know a guy who ate a paper cup, just straight up ate a paper cup.
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23points
#33
A bat slow-cooked whole, skin, guts, and all, tossed right into the pot.
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22points
#35
Cuy or so called "guinea pig" delicious and a delicacy in Colombia.
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22points
#36
Reindeer.
It was when I was younger, very similar to other red meat.
It was when I was younger, very similar to other red meat.
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21points
#37
Callamus root, a quasi psychadelic akin to nutmeg kind of, terrible experience all round do not reccomend.
21points
#38
Denso tape. Health and safety be damned! I was not climbing back down that mast just for a knife.
21points
