Post by etana on Dec 22, 2019 10:14:07 GMT
For the those unfamiliar with the term, myiasis is the condition in which certain types of fly maggots live in a host body, such as a human, or cattle. Normally they live in open wounds, eyes etc - generally pretty near the skin. Some flies always need a host, some don't but will take advantage if they accidentally end up in contact with a suitable one.
Anyway, last night I observed living fruit fly maggots in the fresh poop of a snail that was resting far away from the food plate. I had been feeding them some very ripe bananas. The poop was on top of his foot, not under.
I took the snail on my palm, he made odd movements and facial expressions at me as he woke up. Then he actually put his own eye stalk into his breathing hole from the outside, and stared into himself for a long time. This is not a snail who normally does that.
If a snail ate a ripe banana with fruit fly eggs in it at the exactly right time considering the snail's digestive cycle and the fruit fly's own development cycle, could the fruit fly maggots get the chance to hurt the snail's internal organs? Is there enough oxygen in there and is the snail's digestive tract dangerous for them?
Or did I just find a grumpy, self-curious snail, with maggots in his poop because they happened to come up from the soil as he was sleeping?
Anyway, last night I observed living fruit fly maggots in the fresh poop of a snail that was resting far away from the food plate. I had been feeding them some very ripe bananas. The poop was on top of his foot, not under.
I took the snail on my palm, he made odd movements and facial expressions at me as he woke up. Then he actually put his own eye stalk into his breathing hole from the outside, and stared into himself for a long time. This is not a snail who normally does that.
If a snail ate a ripe banana with fruit fly eggs in it at the exactly right time considering the snail's digestive cycle and the fruit fly's own development cycle, could the fruit fly maggots get the chance to hurt the snail's internal organs? Is there enough oxygen in there and is the snail's digestive tract dangerous for them?
Or did I just find a grumpy, self-curious snail, with maggots in his poop because they happened to come up from the soil as he was sleeping?
im ellie and i love snails 