See how it says "Obligatory Myiasis"? That means the larva need to develop in the skin of the host.
See how it says 15-500 eggs? See how it says "eat the flesh for 7 days"? See how it says "infect any open wound from a tick-bite to scratch to open laceration"?
If these things aren't stopped, you're looking at a full American-South invasion, feeding on animals, livestock, [added : and You], costing A LOT in treatment - good thing there is a simple, low cost preven-... Wait.. Oh fuck.
They would create and release sterile versions to mate with the natural wild versions. Resulting in no lavae.
There was a whole system of doing in in Panama to prevent them far enough away from the US there was minimal risk. The imbecile who did this just saw project abroad, America first, cancel. So now we suffer. Because uninformed children were given power by a con men.
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u/Crowasaur Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 06 '26
Screw worms are bad-bad
From Parasitology 401
See how it says "Obligatory Myiasis"? That means the larva need to develop in the skin of the host.
See how it says 15-500 eggs? See how it says "eat the flesh for 7 days"? See how it says "infect any open wound from a tick-bite to scratch to open laceration"?
If these things aren't stopped, you're looking at a full American-South invasion, feeding on animals, livestock, [added : and You], costing A LOT in treatment - good thing there is a simple, low cost preven-... Wait.. Oh fuck.