silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoFlesh-eating screwworm infection confirmed in South Texas, USDA says | With the case confirmed, it is the fly’s first breach of the US-Mexico border.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down10
arrow-up1351arrow-down1external-linkFlesh-eating screwworm infection confirmed in South Texas, USDA says | With the case confirmed, it is the fly’s first breach of the US-Mexico border.arstechnica.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square60linkfedilink
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·22 days agoProtip if you’re squeamish absolutely do not look up photos of what this does to cattle and other fauna. Pure nightmare fuel.
minus-squareRaphaelSchmitz@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·22 days agoYeah but humans can and would do something about it. A cow gets a wound, the wound gets infected, and the larva make the wound bigger, probably leading to more even infection - while the cow has no way to deal with that.
Protip if you’re squeamish absolutely do not look up photos of what this does to cattle and other fauna. Pure nightmare fuel.
It infects humans too 🙃
Yeah but humans can and would do something about it.
A cow gets a wound, the wound gets infected, and the larva make the wound bigger, probably leading to more even infection - while the cow has no way to deal with that.