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I helped get a 1960 documentary film showing the details of how we eradicated the screwworm with radiation digitized and posted here [1]. Kinda gross but worth
by acidburnNSA 1y ago
I helped get a 1960 documentary film showing the details of how we eradicated the screwworm with radiation digitized and posted here [1]. Kinda gross but worth seeing to help emphasize how bad these things are.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFoOnS6CWSI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFoOnS6CWSI
- abrookewood 1y agoThat is incredibly gruesome.
- fortran77 1y agoHow do the people handling the pre-sterilized flies manage not to have eggs laid on them?
- woleium 1y agoi believe they sterilized the pupae, but they must have had a breeding zone. I can’t imagine how awful that area of the facility would look and smell.