# Maggots eat only dead flesh?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggots-eat-only-dead-flesh/475494>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 3, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggots-eat-only-dead-flesh/475494 "2008-12-03T12:25:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggots-eat-only-dead-flesh/475494/21 "2015-08-01T08:34:15Z")

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> [@joeish80829](#):
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> I felt that was a very intelligent comment about the poop, Santa!

While we do allow old threads to be bumped, we ask that you only do so in the General Questions forum if you have something new or significant to contribute. Since this adds neither, I am closing this.

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