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Subject: Where did 'Daniel Fletcher, Anthropologist, Pre-Med' get his maggot info?

Date: Wed Feb 7 15:32:55 2001
Posted by Rachael
Grade level: undergrad School: None
City: No city entered. State/Province: No state entered. Country: USA
Area of science: Medicine
ID: 981577975.Me
Message:

I have read information on many sites, all of which say that maggots eat 
ONLY infected, rotting tissue, and that they leave healthy stuff alone.  I 
even read one report that says the labs that "grow" the maggots use rotting 
liver because, "maggots would rather starve than eat fresh food."  
(site: http://web.mit.edu/jyung/www/articles/junk/maggots.html)  This guy 
is the ONLY source I have found that say maggots will go right on to eat 
healthy tissue, so I am wondering where he gets his information from.  
Thanks


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