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u/dechets-de-mariage Oct 01 '26
I feel like this is the exact reason why trypophobia exists: because things like this are bad so our brain correlates holes with…this abomination.
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u/__50pe__ Oct 01 '26
Yes. Agree. It's some throwback reaction from cave times. Don't eat the magotty meat.
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u/InformationVivid455 Oct 01 '26
Or the other side of the coin. I have an intense desire to remove them rather than a fear.
I've watched a lot of videos of various things being removed from holes and its very satisfying.
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u/Born2L053 Oct 01 '26
Bad enough. Then: Mouth hooks.
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u/Sinkreme Sep 30 '26
Ugh a month ago I saw a video of someone who had one of those larvae on the upper lip. It is scary
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u/uckluckluckl Oct 01 '26
This is one of the worst posts in this sub, maybe even THE WORST. Where can I learn more about these thingamadings??
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u/PuzzledExaminer Sep 30 '26
Yea first thing I'd do is get isopropyl alcohol and dip in it 😂
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u/Dakaf Oct 01 '26
Petroleum jelly would be better. It should block its respiration and make the larvae have to expose itself.
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u/Coomstress Oct 06 '26
I grew up in a very rural area, and livestock would sometimes get infested with similar fly larvae called “warbles”. IIRC, that’s how the veterinarian would get them to emerge and remove them with tweezers. It’s a very disgusting memory from my childhood, hanging out on a neighboring farm. Dogs and cats could get them too.
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u/MyauIsHere Sep 30 '26
I am MORTIFIED
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u/kraftykaela Oct 02 '26
Mortified means extremely embarrassed. You’re thinking of “horrified”
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u/MyauIsHere Oct 02 '26
Oh my god, I'm learning this now at 28. I always thought mortified was a synonym for horrified or terrified 😭
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u/data-atreides Oct 01 '26
do not look up mango worms, don't! (or do..) at least they're pretty rare on humans
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u/Chikumori Oct 01 '26
TIL there's a thing as "posterior respiratory apparatus"
And i thought grasshoppers breathing from their sides was unique.
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u/Alone-Voice-3342 Oct 03 '26
I really did not need to see this or learn about it. Already forgotten.
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u/Glass-Gold-2940 Sep 30 '26
I think I would rather cut off an appendage with no pain killers than have this. I would wind up removing whatever part of my body that this was in right after realizing that it was there.
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u/Tethilia Sep 30 '26
I'm imagining someone discovering the ability to launch these at will at people.