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Old 07-01-2009, 12:10 AM   #1
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July 1, 2009: Baby Flies

Baby flies, better know as maggots...
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As it turns out, maggotkind’s shitty reputation isn’t entirely deserved. They’re basically nature’s answer to antibacterial soap. Maggots eat dead flesh, and doctors long ago realized that the maggot’s tendency to wolf down dead skin can help people with infected wounds from succumbing to gangrene, at the low cost of stomach turning revulsion.

With the advent of modern antibiotics, Maggot Therapy declined in use but doctors never took it off the table entirely and, thanks to an increase of ultra-badass anti-biotic resistant bacteria, it’s been making a notable comeback.


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That’s right, our mortal medicines cannot harm these highly advanced mutant bacteria, but they’re not shit when put up against the heroic maggot. While bacteria can evolve to become capable of fighting off medicines, they haven’t quite figured out how to jump their last evolutionary hurdle and become uneatable.

While drug laws haven’t relaxed quite enough to let you buy cartons of medical maggots for home use, any doctor in America can prescribe them as treatment. And if you want to get them under the table you can always just leave some sausage out in the sun for a few days and cultivate your own.
I remember reading a book in high school, written by an American about his experience as a POW during the Korean War. They would take their bandages off long enough for a couple of flies to land on the wound and lay eggs, then rebandage them and wait.

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Old 07-01-2009, 12:53 AM   #2
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Now that's just SICK. Thats how I feel about that story. YUCK.
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Old 07-01-2009, 01:44 AM   #3
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Soooo....they shouldn't be eaten raw then?
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Old 07-01-2009, 05:19 AM   #4
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Nope! Stir fried with a little garlic in extra virgin olive oil.
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Old 07-01-2009, 05:28 AM   #5
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ugh i can't imagine getting in a tub of those

i'll stick to regular antibiotics...
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Old 07-01-2009, 06:53 AM   #6
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Old 07-01-2009, 07:07 AM   #7
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Old 07-01-2009, 07:51 AM   #8
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This guy coulda sat in my trashcan. I took my can to the road this morning and it was crawling with maggots. I didn't realize until after I let the handle go. Gross
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Old 07-01-2009, 08:44 AM   #9
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Green?

Hey recycling - it's "green" medicine!
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Old 07-01-2009, 08:49 AM   #10
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Old 07-01-2009, 08:53 AM   #11
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While I applaud any who would use a low-cost, low-tech, efficient return to physical health, I'm afraid my mental health would go out the window were I ever to try it. I would have to be extremely high or knocked all the way out - either way, if ever I learned that maggots had been gnawing my flesh I would jump in front of the first fast freight train down the tracks.
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Old 07-01-2009, 09:47 AM   #12
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I'd be right behind you, sweet.
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Old 07-01-2009, 09:50 AM   #13
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Looks like the guy at the fence had a little too much maggot therapy. Poor kids nothing but bones!
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Old 07-01-2009, 12:58 PM   #14
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But really, these are no different than the little Japanese spa fish that nibble away dead skin. Just pretend they're cute little fishies gnawing at your flesh, rather than squirmy things.
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Old 07-01-2009, 03:04 PM   #15
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as i understand it there's a strong tickling sensation. they don't eat the healthy bits, so its not painful, but you can really feel them moving around a lot. like a rotten meat party inside you.
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