• nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de
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    21 hours ago

    Once beckoned, females lay up to 400 eggs at a time. Within about a day, ravenous flesh-eating larvae erupt, which both look and act like literal screws. They viciously and relentlessly bore and twist into their victim, feasting on the living flesh for about seven days. The result is a gaping ulcer writhing with maggots, which attracts yet more adult female screwworms that can lay hundreds more eggs, deepening the putrid, festering lesion. The infection, called myiasis, is intensely painful and life-threatening. Anyone who falls victim to screwworms is figuratively—well, you know.

  • Anomalocaris@lemm.ee
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    19 hours ago

    oh boy, can’t wait for the US government to do absolutely nothing about it, then blame minorities for it

  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    21 hours ago

    Stuff like getting rid of these things makes so much sense, I don’t understand how some people can think human cooperation isn’t important.

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      1 day ago

      So was the video linked at the end. I knew I would regret clicking the link and I still did it. Morbid curiosity is a bitch.

  • Rymrgand's Daughter @lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Yeah well maybe if fucking republicans hadn’t fucked up everything to stop them this wouldn’t be happening. The only good thing is this will hit red states first