Glenn Kelman

Most of the tech CEOs I know used to think that moving to the Midwest or the South was beneath us, a good tactic for the Boeings of the world who don't need the kind of rare skills we depend on, who have to grub for profits when we reach for growth. But if Amazon can't afford to keep growing in Seattle, who can?

American Businessman

John Burroughs

When the woodpecker is searching for food, or laying siege to some hidden grub, the sound of his hammer is dead or muffled and is heard but a few yards. It is only upon dry, seasoned timber, freed of its bark, that he beats his reveille to spring and wooes his mate.

American Author

Prue Leith

For me the best food in the world is New British. It's quite classical cooking with really simple but good-quality ingredients. I also like top-end restaurants and pub grub done well.

South African Chef

Douglas Coupland

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs.

Canadian Author

George Bernard Shaw

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

Irish Playwright

Monty Don

I'm a great believer in trying things, so I've eaten witchetty grubs, a mountain frog, ostrich and alligator. I like tongue, I like brains and tripe.

English Celebrity

Robert Wyatt

I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly, and the drummer was just the little grub in the ground, working to become a caterpillar.

English Musician

Travis Fimmel

As a kid, my nickname was Tarzan. I never wore shoes, and I walked around and fished and camped out and just was a grub.

Australian Actor

Richie Benaud

Mullygrubber' is an Australian term which means something that creeps along the ground; it's like a little grub.

Australian Athlete

Bertolt Brecht

German Poet

The term 'grub' refers specifically to an immature insect, not fully grown.

Lifecycle Stage

'Grub' often describes white, worm-like insects found in soil or decaying wood.

Visual Identification

Grubs are commonly mentioned in gardening as pests or bait for fishing.

Gardening Context

When referring to food, 'grub' suggests a casual, possibly hearty meal rather than formal dining.

Casual Meals

Use 'grub' when inviting someone to eat in a friendly and informal way.

Informal Invitation

'Grub' is often used by younger people and in laid-back settings, not in formal situations.

Youth Slang

To 'grub' means to dig, but in a gentle way, like searching or foraging, not heavy excavation.

Gentle Digging

'Grub' often implies the act of digging using hands or with a small tool.

Hands-on Activity

 Good protein, good snack, this is. BEAR As a general rule, raw grubs are edible. They have more protein, pound for pound, than beef. And they are plentiful in dark, damp places all over the world. But it's critical that they're purged before consumption, in case they've eaten something poisonous to humans.

Brie Larson Eats a Rhino...

 termites and grubs and that's exactly what our bears are doing in the enclosure but we supplement that with things like eggs as well I love their eggs we buy over 50 tons of food every year from the local market and this food is grown by the local communities so we're not only supporting bears but

Feeding 39 Hungry Moon...

 They use these extra-long appendages to tap branches and trunks, while listening for hollow sections with their bat-like ears. When they hear an opening, they burrow into the tree and skewer grubs with their needle-like middle finger.

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 that's filled by woodpeckers and many other areas of the world what she does is she feeds on grubs and bugs inside treats and to do that she has several unique adaptations of which the teeth the one the most startling is this

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 that has nothing on its mind but the grubs and insects that will allow it to live another day. It wants only to be here tomorrow, dressed perhaps in the sleeve of a plaid shirt, nose pressed against the page,

Billy Collins: Everyday...

 as an underground grub feeding on the dead wood now his quest begins to find a mate before the end of his short adult life whilst beetles use the trees for food another creature uses them to build

Peek Inside the Strange,...

 the soil Kiwis are the only birds in the world to have nostrils at the tip of their bills it's more like a snout perfect for rooting around for grubs but right now the Kiwis here have something

Most Unusual Mating...

 locate underground prey in the soil Kiwis are the only birds in the world to have nostrils at the tip of their bills it's more like a snout perfect for rooting around for grubs

Brown Kiwi Mating...

 coming out of that thing cheer it up come on I'm gonna follow me around eat like I do it's good isn't it yeah got some weird sound effects these grubs are

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 lack of rain has driven the grubs and the larvae the meerkats eat deep underground forcing the whiskers to work for every morsel and catching your meal

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