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...Mother Finds Botfly Larvae Peeking Out of Son’s Scalp After Returning From Trip to Costa Rica
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| 07/30/2016
Posted on 07/30/2016 2:56:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
07/30/2016 2:56:09 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
There is a reason why God gave us insect repellent
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:00:25 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: BenLurkin
Poor little guy. Lucky for this boy, his mom was attentive and decisive, once she saw what was happening. Read the short article, and see how resilient and tough some children can be. He’s kind of enjoying the attention and notoriety now. Calls himself “Bot-Man” since removal of the Bot Fly.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:04:17 PM PDT
by
vladimir998
(Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: BenLurkin
The family still recommends Costa Rica as a vacation destination but warns travelers to use insect repellent and to cover up from head to toe
and maybe take a shower and wash your head after being out in the Jungle,
Or do a salt water beach only vaca
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:04:27 PM PDT
by
CGASMIA68
(kant spell er punktuate,fluncked english.Gramer to!!)
To: BenLurkin
The Great American Songwriter Irving Berlin wrote his first ballad hit, “When I Lost You”, in his grief over the death of his first wife, Dorothy Goetz. She had died of typhoid, contracted on her honeymoon, just four months after their marriage in 1912. (The Honeymoon was in South America).
Now i know that Costa Rica is in CENTRAL America, but this story reminded me of this little bit of American Lore about tropical vacations.
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:04:47 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: BenLurkin
Years ago I found one on our dog. He had never been out of Kansas. Gross.
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:04:59 PM PDT
by
Mercat
(Bernout or Berncoat?)
To: CGASMIA68
I can’t imagine them EVER wanting to go back there!
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:05:51 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: left that other site
or any other region that is home to these flys......Magots on your head,I don’t think so!
Dial anti bio soap after day trips may be in order
I
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:07:45 PM PDT
by
CGASMIA68
(kant spell er punktuate,fluncked english.Gramer to!!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:07:54 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: BenLurkin
We used to remove them from our horses and cattle with a half gallon milk bottle and a wad of burning paper
Pops them right out
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:09:26 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
To: BenLurkin
I do my best to stay clear of jungles.
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:10:26 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:10:52 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Mercat
Our barn cat had one. Normally, she wouldn’t let us get near her. But that time, she let us know that she needed help.
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:11:51 PM PDT
by
fivecatsandadog
( Human error: allowing Muslims to be pilots, engineers, chefs, mechanics, and presidents.)
To: TexasTransplant
What did you do with the Milk?
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:12:56 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: Mercat
We had horses. They were everywhere. Not necessarily the larvae, but the flies and the eggs they laid. We were forever cleaning them off the horses’ legs.
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:15:05 PM PDT
by
IronJack
To: BenLurkin
Nasty little bug. A friend got one once. They used the bacon trick to get rid of it.
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:15:26 PM PDT
by
RKBA Democrat
(Make phone calls. Knock on doors. Write letters. Or wake to a nightmare in November)
To: BenLurkin
There is no safe place. Caribou on Alaska’s North Slope are infested with fly larvae burrowing into their coats during the few weeks of summer. Not sure if they are Bot flies. There is no jungle at 70*N latitude.
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:15:47 PM PDT
by
43north
(BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% red.)
To: TexasTransplant
We used to remove them from our horses and cattle with a half gallon milk bottle and a wad of burning paper Interesting combination. Exactly what was the technique?
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:17:30 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: left that other site
She had died of typhoid, contracted on her honeymoon, just four months after their marriage in 1912. (The Honeymoon was in South America). Typhoid Mary lived in New York City at that time. She could have just as easily caught typhoid there.
Typhoid is not a tropical disease.
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posted on
07/30/2016 3:17:47 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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