Human Bot Fly larvae
The human botfly is found only in Central and South America, and it lays its eggs on a mosquito (or other biting insect). When the mosquito bites a person, the eggs fall onto the skin and are hatched by the warmth of the body. The larvae burrow into the skin and then travel throughout the body—and can move across the blood-brain barrier, and cause meningitis and death after growing inside the brain, eating and destroying it.
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xun -.- I need to show this to your admissions officer -.-
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lolol only one species of botfly attacks humans and while it is indeed vectored by mosquitoes, it only stays in the...
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OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG A MOSQUITO BITE. SHIT
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OMG getting a botfly in the brain is one my worst nightmares. At least when its eating away at your muscle and...
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I once spent a whole day watching bot fly extractions. Just thinking about it makes me squirm but I kept watching.
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