Footage shows Mayumi Faith, a one-year-old girl, overly enjoying munching on live worms like it is candy in Surigao del Sur, Philippines on April 4.

Her approving parents even laid out a whole plate of the creepy crawlies for her to bite into at lunchtime.

Proud father Juniel, 28, said the toddler learned to eat the worms when she was only eight months old.

He said: "My children are excited every time we get the worms. They liked the taste even if we don’t cook the insects, especially my youngest Mayumi. They are very healthy."

Coconut worms are a popular dish in some rural parts of the Philippines. They are high in protein and safe for humans to eat.

Footage shows a little girl enjoying munching on live worms like they were candies in the Philippines.

The one-year-old girl Mayumi Faith picked up a fat coconut worm before popping it into her mouth in Surigao del Sur province on April 4.

Her approving parents even laid out a whole plate of the creepy crawlies for her to tuck into at luchtime.

Proud father, Juniel, 28, said the toddler learned to eat the worms when she was only eight-months-old.

He said: ‘My children are excited everytime we get the worms. They liked the taste even if we don’t cook the insects especially my youngest Mayumi. They are very healthy.’

Coconut worms are a popular dish in some rural parts of the Philippines. They are high in protein and safe for humans to eat.