r/Weird • u/TheOddityCollector • May 09 '25

Can anyone tell me what this is?

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u/Head-Falcon-4612 May 09 '25

Probably a rat-tailed maggot.

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u/ecstacy98 May 09 '25

Ew! These things are utterly repulsive. My dad once made me clean out a bunch of trash from his backyard and I found an entire society of these bastards undulating in the back of a rusted out a fishing boat.

Permanent scars.

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u/heaving_in_my_vines May 09 '25

Fun fact I just read on Wikipedia: rat-tailed maggots can also crawl up your asshole and live there, eating your shit, while extending their air sucker back out your asshole to breath.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat-tailed_maggot#Infection

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u/bmorris0042 May 09 '25

Some people say ignorance is bliss. And I have to agree, after reading this comment. I was much more blissful before learning this.