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To: dhuffman@awod.com

You're correct! Maybe this guy actually had the larvae from screwworms? Those things thrive on live flesh. I remember them as a kid when we had to doctor our livestock in central Texas. Occasionally there are still outbreaks of screwworms in south Texas.


17 posted on 07/28/2005 5:25:12 AM PDT by texianyankee
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To: texianyankee

Are you sure that a screwworm bot is a 'maggot'? Maybe I'm not 'correct'.


25 posted on 07/28/2005 5:36:03 AM PDT by dhuffman@awod.com (The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
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To: texianyankee

>>You're correct! Maybe this guy actually had the larvae from screwworms? Those things thrive on live flesh. I remember them as a kid when we had to doctor our livestock in central Texas. Occasionally there are still outbreaks of screwworms in south Texas.

How bad were they? Could you save the livestock? I had a friend who's dad had a ranch... He said one day he went to grab a sheet by it's wool and the wool/skin simply ripped off and there were maggots eating the flesh... Nasty..


26 posted on 07/28/2005 5:37:11 AM PDT by 1stFreedom (1)
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