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Maggots

Maggot

1. (Science: zoology) The footless larva of any fly. See larval.

2. A whim; an odd fancy.

Origin: W. Macai, pl. Maceiod, magiod, a worn or grub; cf. Magu to bread.


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Deer/maggot biology

There are maggots that won't eat live flesh, but there are LOTS of fly species - either the maggots were working the margins, eating flesh that had died, or they weren't that kind of maggot...

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by Darby
Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:23 pm
 
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Topic: Deer/maggot biology
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Deer/maggot biology

... punch to go straight through. In both cases, damage could be considerable that infected would cause necrosis of tissue which would entice the maggots. The injury might have also severed blood supply to the region which would have caused necrosis as well. You are correct that maggots do not ...

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by daniel.kurz
Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:15 am
 
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Topic: Deer/maggot biology
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Deer/maggot biology

... the animal was shot throughout the body? Anyway the shot was infected and the muscle in around got dead. Thus it could be eaten by worms/maggots (I don't know the English names either).

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by JackBean
Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:53 pm
 
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Topic: Deer/maggot biology
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Deer/maggot biology

... animal had a hole on each side of its body from a previous injury (hunter's shot most likely, entrance and exit wound). Each hole was covered in maggots. Lots of hair was gone and falling out in clumps around the wounds. The bare spots where hair was missing was black when it should have been ...

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by alduflux
Sat Nov 19, 2011 3:46 am
 
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Topic: Deer/maggot biology
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alternation behaviour

... legs, and when given a "free" choice, the leg motion balances so that the inner legs move faster than the outer, in my example. For maggots, they also tend to be photonegative, moving away from light, which also would provide a directional behavior for them.

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by Marcelo
Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:04 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: alternation behaviour
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