warm-blooded animals
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The New World screwworm is a fly that lays hundreds of eggs in the open wounds or body orifices of warm-blooded animals, even openings as small as a tick bite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
A flesh-eating parasite that feeds on warm-blooded animals has been detected in the US for the first time since 1966.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
The flies lay their eggs in open wounds or mucous membranes of warm-blooded animals, where they hatch into larvae and feed on flesh.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
An infestation occurs when fly maggots infest the living flesh of warm-blooded animals, the CDC says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025
Liver disease in cattle, sheep, goats, deer, elk, rabbits, and various other warm-blooded animals may be caused by liver flukes that spend part of their life cycles in fresh-water snails.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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