Post by: Guru on September 23, 2007, 09:23:00 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/Guru39/hunting/squirrel006.jpg)
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/Guru39/th_squirrel011.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v77/Guru39/?action=view¤t=squirrel011.flv)
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It started out as small black spotinside a big bump under it's skin,then I noticed it was moving. Took about ten minutes for it to get out after it's host(the squirrel) was dead.
Any clue????
Post by: gjw77 on September 23, 2007, 09:26:00 AM
I believe that is what they call a botfly larvae or warble.It develops into the fly iside the host's skin then comes out as a fly.
Post by: Mike Brown on September 23, 2007, 09:27:00 AM
I have heard of them my entire life but have never seen one. That is my guess.
Post by: James Wrenn on September 23, 2007, 09:28:00 AM
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Post by: TonyW on September 23, 2007, 10:50:00 AM
Do not visit this website if you plan to hug a squirrel today!
http://botfly.ifas.ufl.edu/fibroma/fibrappr.htm :scared:
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Post by: MikeW on September 23, 2007, 11:01:00 AM
Humans get them too. Go to Youtube and search Bot fly.
Post by: ishiwannabe on September 23, 2007, 11:07:00 AM
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Post by: IB on September 23, 2007, 03:20:00 PM
I wanted so ,to come visitin. Now I must question that ADVENTURE inta the 3rd world :scared: :scared:
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Post by: JC on September 23, 2007, 06:54:00 PM
Squirrel....it's what's fer dinner!
Post by: b.glass on September 23, 2007, 06:59:00 PM
Post by: Killdeer on September 23, 2007, 07:18:00 PM
I will never look at a deer nose the same again.
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I used to see botflies around the horses, blapping their butts against the horses' legs to lay their eggs. It's a little different for a horse, they lip up the eggs, which go to their stomachs, where the larvae feed. They can make a mess of the stomach lining. After they get old enough, they let loose and get pooped out. I used to try to kill any botfly I saw, and would scrape the eggs off the horses' legs when I groomed them.
Killdeer~I am fond of cold-weather squirrel hunting!
Post by: Guru on September 23, 2007, 07:38:00 PM
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Post by: BigRonHuntAlot on September 23, 2007, 07:50:00 PM
Just don't clean em in front of someone and expect them to eat a squirrel afterwards. LOL
Post by: James Wrenn on September 23, 2007, 07:54:00 PM
Post by: Killdeer on September 23, 2007, 07:58:00 PM
Thanks, HerkimerHunter! :eek: :scared:
I'm gonna go watch a nice horror movie now, so I can dream nice dreams tonight. Plan 9 From Outer Space, maybe...
Killdeer~yakkkkk
Hmmm. Breaded and fried? :rolleyes: :)
Post by: Forester on September 23, 2007, 08:48:00 PM
A little like the parasites in a deer, just extra protien for us hunters :p
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Post by: Nala on September 24, 2007, 03:07:00 AM
I have never heard them called anything but WARBLES.
As for people, there was a show on Discovery a while back that talked about various parasitic infestations that humans had gotten. Yes one of them was a Botfly larvae like the one pictured. The guy had it removed and saved it in a jar. They replay the show all the time, you should check it out. I think the worst case they talked about on the show was from the Amazon area. There are these fish down there that need UREA and they normally get into animals but this time ole Pablo was taking a leak in the water and one of these 5 inch fish was attracted to the Uric Acid in his urine and swam right upstream into "you know where!" Once it gets in it uses its fins to anchor itself until it satisfies its needs. They showed the fish in a jar and several scientists said they always heard it as an old wives tail but it finally proved true about the possibility of human infestation.
Talk about having a BAD day!!
Nala
Post by: Allan Hundeby on September 24, 2007, 03:40:00 AM
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Originally posted by zilla:Woah! Gives me a new perspective on my decision to just let bugs bite me so I won't spook game!
... Seems the horse fly bites to make a hole into the skin and deposits the egg by the hole.
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Post by: NDTerminator on September 24, 2007, 10:09:00 AM