I didn’t get to bed until silly o’clock last night (this morning really) watching that german vet in the gambia squeezing mango flies out of (mainly) dogs.
Did chuckle at the bit where the new assistant got one in the eye (and where he got one maggot to go “3 meters.”
Interesting fact – the maggots excrete an anti-microbial goo/ooze so when the flies do pupate and leave the host the holes are generally not too infected (they also rarely badly scar – which is nice).
I also love watching bot fly removal – although that’s not as fascinating, removing 1 or 2 many spiked clawed pupa vs squeezing 6 bazillon huge spots out as wriggly maggots.
Guinea Worm removal is another impressive (but slow) one to watch too.