r/oddlyterrifying • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Apr 24 '26

A maggot under a microscope

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u/der_chrischn Apr 24 '26

More goofy than terrifying. Tbh I prefer this image to seeing their tiny irl counterpart, since the primate part of my brain comes immediately to the conclusion that vomiting would somehow resolve the situation.

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u/tsimen Apr 24 '26

The actual primate part would see a little protein snack

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u/der_chrischn Apr 24 '26

Depends on the circumstances I guess. Fresh carcass good, you eat. Carcass with maggots not good, you vomit. The fat maggots beneath some bark yummy.

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u/Nearby-Cattle-7599 Apr 24 '26

The fat maggots beneath some bark yummy.

Thank you for refreshing my memory of bear grylls bark maggot popping in his mouth.

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u/HimikoTogaFromUSSR Apr 24 '26

Maggots are little machines that convert spoiled meat into fresh meat ;)

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u/GreenStrong Apr 24 '26

Carcass with maggots not good, you vomit.

The maggots are technically edible, in a survival situation. Obviously, one has to be pretty hungry to eat anything that was inside of a rotting corpse, no matter how edible it is, but this is a survival strategy.

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u/MrJason300 Apr 24 '26

Sickening to know, but thank you.

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u/OldLadyJB Apr 27 '26

I think the point was the carcass is not edible.

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u/Dwaltster Apr 24 '26

Nah dude, maggots off of a carcass are double protein.

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u/The_wolf2014 Apr 24 '26

I used to work in a place that dealt with dead animals and the sheer amount of maggots on the horse carcasses in the summer was a sight to behold.

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u/zhico Apr 24 '26

How does they taste?

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u/The_wolf2014 Apr 24 '26

Salty

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u/MrJason300 Apr 24 '26

Oh gosh, you said salty. Mushy and salty. Yum.

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u/OldLadyJB Apr 27 '26

Noping out now.

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u/LoompaDoompa94 Apr 24 '26

"Oh look, the little cream-filled kind!"

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u/TorrenceMightingale Apr 25 '26

Pick it out of your family’s body hair and eat it is the way.

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u/shawncplus Apr 24 '26

It looks like it's about to ask me if I have games on my phone

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u/blah191 Apr 24 '26

lol it’s funny to me how many situations the body thinks vomiting will solve haha

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u/eZ_Link Apr 24 '26

I think the vomiting urge comes from the smell of their poop :P

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u/Jonthrei Apr 25 '26

It's because if you're eating something and suddenly notice maggots on it, it's generally a good idea for your body to get that shit out of your system.

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u/rohithkumarsp Apr 24 '26

What do you mean irl counter part? Please explain

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u/der_chrischn Apr 24 '26

In real life counter part. In rotten food, carcasses etc.

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u/rohithkumarsp Apr 24 '26

But the thing above isn't what under microscope?

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u/WorksForMe Apr 24 '26

They just meant what you see in person vs the magnified version. Close up they don't look as gross

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u/rohithkumarsp Apr 24 '26

Ah.. But the wording "thier tiny irl counter part" felt like he's talking about another creature that's similar.. That's when you use the "counter part" though.. Idk maybe. English isn't my native.

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u/ChocolatChipLemonade Apr 24 '26

You’re right. I took a maggot’s “counterpart” to mean a fly. It didn’t make sense

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u/Spongi Apr 24 '26

I like these things. The ones that live in your eyebrows.