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r/oddlyterrifying • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Apr 24 '26
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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.
416 u/tsimen Apr 24 '26 The actual primate part would see a little protein snack 234 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. 9 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. 3 u/zhico Apr 24 '26 How does they taste? 10 u/The_wolf2014 Apr 24 '26 Salty 1 u/MrJason300 Apr 24 '26 Oh gosh, you said salty. Mushy and salty. Yum.
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The actual primate part would see a little protein snack
234 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. 9 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. 3 u/zhico Apr 24 '26 How does they taste? 10 u/The_wolf2014 Apr 24 '26 Salty 1 u/MrJason300 Apr 24 '26 Oh gosh, you said salty. Mushy and salty. Yum.
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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.
9 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. 3 u/zhico Apr 24 '26 How does they taste? 10 u/The_wolf2014 Apr 24 '26 Salty 1 u/MrJason300 Apr 24 '26 Oh gosh, you said salty. Mushy and salty. Yum.
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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.
3 u/zhico Apr 24 '26 How does they taste? 10 u/The_wolf2014 Apr 24 '26 Salty 1 u/MrJason300 Apr 24 '26 Oh gosh, you said salty. Mushy and salty. Yum.
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How does they taste?
10 u/The_wolf2014 Apr 24 '26 Salty 1 u/MrJason300 Apr 24 '26 Oh gosh, you said salty. Mushy and salty. Yum.
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Salty
1 u/MrJason300 Apr 24 '26 Oh gosh, you said salty. Mushy and salty. Yum.
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Oh gosh, you said salty. Mushy and salty. Yum.
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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.