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dr. dolittle | July 26, 2013A fly landing in the ear of a tourist visiting Peru turns out to be more than just annoying. The screwworm fly had sufficient time to lay eggs that hatched flesh-eating maggots in her ear canal.
Warning: the video may be disturbing to some viewers
As strange as this sounds, it is not that uncommon
Fortunately the screwworm fly has been effectively eradicated in the United States since the 1960's by releasing sterile male flies resulting in fewer and fewer offspring. This work was conducted by the USDA as you can imagine how this fly would decimate livestock.
bleimanb | April 21, 2008A friend of mine (I'll call him Duncan Lye to protect his identity) recently returned from a surf trip to Costa Rica with an amazing tale.
It all started when Duncan --a large man, known both for his voracious appetite and his unbending temperament-- awoke, early one morning, to find that he had developed a pain in his ear. The pain soon worsened to the point of a full on migraine. Duncan figured that it "was just an ear ache from surfing..." Something that's apparently, "common among surfers."
The trouble persisted throughout the day, however, and Duncan was feeling pretty down. He'd been…