Can maggots really hurt or even kill people or animals?
Maggots can at times harm humans and can at times benefit humans.Maggots can be dangerous to humans if it results in the infection known as myiasis. A person can acquire this infection through different ways, including ingesting fly larvae accidentally, having larvae burrow under the skin, through an open wound in which larvae are deposited or via the nose or ears, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reference.com - What's Your QuestionMaggots can help humans.Maggot therapy is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into the non-healing skin and soft tissue wound(s) of a human or animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement) and disinfection.There is evidence that maggot therapy may help with wound healing. Wikipedia.