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How many maggots are needed to eat a human in a day?

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How many maggots are needed to eat a human in a day?
« on: 25/07/2007 21:20:07 »
Can it be done in a day? if so, how many maggots would it take?
« Last Edit: 25/07/2007 23:58:37 by chris »
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    OH dear! GRODDY! Paul what is going through your head? YUCCCCK! That is so nasty...even used medicinally I could not stand it it brings back old nightmares!
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    « Reply #2 on: 26/07/2007 00:14:26 »
    What a great question. I shall need to do some poking around to find out how much a maggot eats per unit time.

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    Oh My...
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    but they can't eat bones can they? so they couldn't technically eat a whole person
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    I don't know if they can or not.. I thought just fleshy stuff fat muscle etc.. awe Gawwwwwwd I can't believe that come out of my mouth...
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    it didn't... it came out of your fingers. lol. unless you read your posts out loud. :)
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