Why Do Maggots Wriggle?

[Chris Goddard]

I was of the opinion that all maggots were sterile??

 

Chris

[chesters1]

only the castrated ones

[CARPBOB3]

Has Chester1 ever thought of becoming a comedian.... he has me in stitches most of the time with his wacky replies to most subjects..

[Newt]

Chris Goddard:

I was of  the opinion that all maggots were sterile??

Inside maybe. Don't know. But I wouldn't think the outside was particularly sterile with wild ones considering the places they go for food.

[nursejudy]

the sterile maggots are produced in cardiff i think its the only place in the uk, cornered the market,they work really well.but a lot of nurses refuse to use them.

nursejudy

[chesters1]

how do they steralise then :confused: i think steam for 40mins would render them useless (but mayby edible),alcohol immersion would make them happy but dead ,radiation might work (glow in the dark maggots hmmmmm) whatever they eat will be contaminated with something (mercury ,cadmium etc) perhaps there veggie ones (pesticides??)

puss eating maggots are not a new idea nor leeches for blood letting ,i would beware of warble fly maggots though they take their job VERY seriously

[chevin]

Do maggots wriggle? I thought that they just did what maggots do! :confused: But then again, I have never been to university! Perhaps if the poster did some research of his own - starting with a dictionary, I would suggest - his research might just be of a little more value to him.

 

[ 25. November 2002, 02:40 PM: Message edited by: chevin ]

[chevin]

nursejudy:

the sterile maggots are produced in cardiff i think its the only place in the uk,        cornered the market,they work really well.but a lot of nurses refuse to use them.        

nursejudy

Sadly, I believe that in WWI maggots were credited with being a preventer of gangrene. A badly infected injury was better being allowed to be infested by maggots which ate the infected flesh before it died. And at the time there were more of them than medical personel.

 

[ 25. November 2002, 02:50 PM: Message edited by: chevin ]

[trent.barbeler]

Dear All,

 

And you lot call yourselves anglers? Anyone who knows about goin fishin surely knows why maggotts wriggle?

 

To begin with, A maggots head is the pointy bit and its bottom is the fat stumpy end. Now take your maggot by its head between the finger and thumb, then lift the maggot up right close to your ear. Listen very carefully.....

 

And if you do as the maggot wriggles, you will hear a tiny voice say;

 

Goodie Goodie, were going fishing!!

 

Regards,

 

Lee.

[Bradford Angler]

Excellent answer half way up chesters1

 

still wiping the tears from my eyes

 

top man, wonder if he uses it

 

funniest thing I have seen for quite a while