49 replies to this topic

[Kaelwizard]

For some reason I have a feeling that everyone who watched the first one will also watch this one. And then complain about it.

[RushmoreAnts]

You guys may call me crazy but for some reason the video is oddly satisfying 

I don't call it satisfying, but I really don't see the point of creating a firestorm of a thread either.

[Ants_Dakota]

For some reason I have a feeling that everyone who watched the first one will also watch this one. And then complain about it.

nope. i'm good. i am not watching either.

[Devi]

You guys may call me crazy but for some reason the video is oddly satisfying

 Dr. Pimple Popper has almost 7M subscribers that are like you  Here is another one:https://youtu.be/ZXn...nhQyj9gfI Thereis also one in which the dog keeps eating the squeezed out maggots, so they must be nutritious.

I'm not familiar with this parasite, but I seriously doubt eating them is nutritious. Most times for worms and other parasites, eating them makes it sooooo much worse because what happens on the outside of their body, can happen inside. Not good.

[Zeiss]

 I'm not familiar with this parasite, but I seriously doubt eating them is nutritious. Most times for worms and other parasites, eating them makes it sooooo much worse because what happens on the outside of their body, can happen inside. Not good.

It is nutritious for the animal.  These are not the type of parasites that cause further infection by being eaten.  It's a maggot and has no possible way of reproducing.  You are wrong to state most times for worms and other parasites eating would make it worse.

[Devi]

 

 I'm not familiar with this parasite, but I seriously doubt eating them is nutritious. Most times for worms and other parasites, eating them makes it sooooo much worse because what happens on the outside of their body, can happen inside. Not good.

It is nutritious for the animal.  These are not the type of parasites that cause further infection by being eaten.  It's a maggot and has no possible way of reproducing.  You are wrong to state most times for worms and other parasites eating would make it worse.

 

Interesting...  I didn't know that.  I suppose that is with the few parasites my dog has had, it was bad when they were eaten.  Thanks for sharing that, I didn't know that.  

Edited by Devi, December 10 2020 - 7:06 AM.

[RushmoreAnts]

 

 

 I'm not familiar with this parasite, but I seriously doubt eating them is nutritious. Most times for worms and other parasites, eating them makes it sooooo much worse because what happens on the outside of their body, can happen inside. Not good.

It is nutritious for the animal.  These are not the type of parasites that cause further infection by being eaten.  It's a maggot and has no possible way of reproducing.  You are wrong to state most times for worms and other parasites eating would make it worse.

 

Interesting...  I didn't know that.  I suppose that is with the few parasites my dog has had, it was bad when they were eaten.  Thanks for sharing that, I didn't know that.  

 

The worms which infect via eating, mosquito bites, or through the anus are parasitic worms in the Phylum Nematoda. Maggots are insects, and need to breath air. Nematode worms are in their adult form, while maggots are the larvae of flies. So technically it is not right to call maggots worms, as they are simply fly larvae. Just think- is eating parasitic ant larvae dangerous? No. Same with maggots.

Edited by AntsDakota, December 10 2020 - 7:53 AM.

[Barristan]

We could probably also eat them and they'd be quite nutritious for us. Also the chance of getting an infection is quite low even lower than if they were squeezed out of a human.

 

Our close relatives the apes also often groom each other and eat the parasites they find in the fur.

[Zeiss]

A good portion of entomologists would consider it an honor to raise their very own bot fly.  I know a few who have done that.

[UtahAnts]

Mixed reactions, my love for fascinating insects competing with my primal instinct to burn those maggot things. I will jut pretend I never saw that...

Edited by AntsUtah, December 19 2020 - 10:52 AM.