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“Have you ever considered,” he said, “that Pacciani’s trial might be nothing more than a case of the acquisition and management of power?”
Everyone is an expert at what’s really going on, even… how do you Americans say it?… even if they don’t know jack shit.”
The calliforidi, the so-called blue flies, deposit on the cadaver a large number of eggs in a cluster. They lay eggs only during the day, because the flies don’t fly at night. The eggs require between eighteen and twenty-four hours to hatch. And then they develop on a rigid schedule.”
Who knew flies would be such a vital player?
This was science—not another sexy story on satanic sects—and it wouldn’t sell papers.
Wait... Fly larva isn't sexy?
