https://xkcd.com/2929

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While it seemed like a fun prank at the time, I realize my prank fire extinguishers full of leaded gasoline were a mistake.

    • @SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works
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      112 months ago

      The maggots do the hard work cleaning the wound. Cleaning up the maggots and poo is easy by comparison. But yeah you don’t want to leave them there forever, just enough to remove the dead stuff.

    • oce 🐆
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      62 months ago

      They are “medical-grade” maggots raised for this purpose to avoid germs.

    • @GBU_28@lemm.ee
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      62 months ago

      Maggots used for this are grown in sterile conditions, and aren’t left on the wound for long.