A national park in the Netherlands is making an unusual offer to visitors this holiday season: come and chop down your own Christmas tree - for free. Rangers in Hoge Veluwe Park, near the eastern city of Arnhem, have set aside areas where Scots pines are threatening to overwhelm land used by lizards, crickets and other rare species.

Chop-your-own Christmas trees: Dutch park makes festive free offer

At his home in rural Costa Rica, biologist Federico Paniagua joined his family at the dining table to devour several types of insects that he raised on his farm and whose flavor he compares to potato chips.

Looking for low-cost and highly nutritious? Go for insects!

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