Who wouldn't want to own a Stuffed Maggot?
This engaging, realistic-looking stuffed maggot is soft and cuddly. Its body is made of soft plush fabric and shows well-defined segments. The body is light golden yellow. Our maggot has a kindly expression and promises not to gross you out too much. This maggot makes a nice pet, gift, novelty, presentation piece for a school project, or gag gift. Have you noticed how some guys call each other "Maggot"? What could be a more perfect gift! Sometimes veterinarians like to keep maggot replicas on the desk as visual aids for discussions! See our other maggot toys and gifts.
About Stuffed Maggots
The word "maggot" is a general term referring to the larval stage of flies, but can be applied to the larval stage of many other insects.Certain kinds of maggots have been used for centuries in wound treatment, since maggots eat only eat deads tissue and leave healthy live tissue alone. There is some question as to whether maggot secretions create, in themselves, harmful bacteria. Maggots can come in large quantities and are usually found in rotting meat around garbage cans or dead animals. Maggots develop into flies, so there is the potential for flies to become numerous if maggots are left to develop to the adult stage.
The Tag on Our Stuffed Maggot Says:
FACTS: Although maggots' reputation is primarily derived from their tendency to feed on refuse and fecal matter, it is their taste for decomposing flesh that has earned them genuine approbation.
Since ancient times, maggots have helped save lives by efficiently and effectively cleaning wounds, including ones that might otherwise have been fatal. By devouring dead tissue, these fly larvae not only promote the growth of new tissue (which they studiously avoid), they also
greatly reduce the chance of infection. Though maggot therapy was particularly useful before the discovery of modern antibiotics, there has been a resurgence of interest in the practice when conventional medicine falls short.
greatly reduce the chance of infection. Though maggot therapy was particularly useful before the discovery of modern antibiotics, there has been a resurgence of interest in the practice when conventional medicine falls short.
In addition, maggots have found a role to play where wounds or other misfortunes have in fact proven terminal: they have joined the fight against crime. Maggots are often the first-responders to a homicide; and they grow at a predictable rate. (Although flies are inactive when the temperature is cold, when it's warm they can lay eggs within ten minutes of finding a corpse, and then the forensic clock starts ticking.) By examining the developmental stages of the maggots on a crime-scene corpse, forensic scientists can determine the time of death -and that information can be critical to determining who done it.
Of course, maggots like to relax too. They particularly enjoy fishing, and are often found waiting patiently in the best seat in the house.
