Botflies use live animals like squirrels and rabbits to grow—learn how they get inside and what makes them burst back out.

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Howler monkeys in Costa Rica are facing a growing threat from bot fly larvae infestations, and new research points to tourism and land use changes as key drivers. A study by the Awá Science and ...

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In dogs with pancreatitis, the digestive enzymes don’t flow to the intestines to digest food as they should but instead start digesting the pancreas and other organs in the abdomen.

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Squirrels with the freakish-looking lumps are actually playing host to the larvae of the bot fly, Cuterebra emasculator Fitch. The bot fly will lay its eggs where squirrels are known to travel.

The video shows a type of botfly, Cuterebra ruficus, experts told USA TODAY. The military is developing insect-sized drones, but they're not pictured in this Facebook post.