i heard theres a type of insect that will crawl in your ear while you sleep and then lay eggs, anyone heard this before?
2006-06-29 17:04:08 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Most small insects that can get inside your ear will get trapped in the wax and be unable to move and may die. Larger bugs may struggle and be unable to get out in the narrow canal but are unlikely to lay eggs there.
I couldn't find any documented cases of bugs laying eggs in ears in the US, but in Bangkok in 2005 MSNBC reported a case of a man having over 50 maggots in his ear.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7658216
2006-06-29 17:20:17 · answer #1 · answered by pestkaj 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
well....
it is patently impossible for insects and/or other arthropods to enter one ear and chew through to the other; a little logic should tell us so. There are a number of flies that feed as maggots in the living tissues of vertebrates. While none seek humans out as their normal host, people are occasionally parasitized by accident. Usually their entry is through wounds, or the mucous membrane of bodily orifices (yeech!).
Yes, insects and other arthropods do wander into people's ears, but not to lay eggs. The human ear can be an effective trap for small critters; the poor little dears simply blunder in and are trying to find their way out by frantically scratching around.
2006-06-30 00:15:06 · answer #2 · answered by Pedro C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a Myth...superstition...Ear wigs (one, nasty looking insect) we're 'supposed' to crawl into people ear's at night, and lay eggs, and the larva would hatch a bore into the person's brain...Although, I've met a few people who have behaved like this has happened to them, there are no known reported or documented cases of this ever happening.
2006-06-30 00:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, chickens can sneak into your bedroom at night and lay eggs in your ears. No wait -- chickens aren't insects. Then, I'd have to say no.
2006-06-30 05:22:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
earwax is suppose to be a repellent against bugs i think.i knew someone who went to the doctor because something was irritating their ear so the ear/nose specialist doctor used this mini vacuum device & found that a sneaky ant had crawled into their ear:( yikes!i might need to wear earmuffs to sleep to prevent against creepy crawlies like baby spiders/ants.
2006-06-30 00:31:51 · answer #5 · answered by bumblebee_chola 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been laying here for 34 days and no bugs have laid eggs yet, though I do have this strange itching sensation down...oh, never mind.
2006-06-30 00:21:49 · answer #6 · answered by But why is the rum always gone? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Khan fit a bug in someone's ear in the wrath of Khan, but then again that was a Star Trek movie made like who knows how long ago.
KAAAHHHHHHNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-06-30 00:53:36 · answer #7 · answered by xD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm... i heard something like dat. but if you think about it, seems to me like any insect that can fit in your ear and lays eggs probably could. Lol, i dunno.
2006-06-30 00:08:11 · answer #8 · answered by J-Bo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's disgusting. If that's true, I'm gonna start sleeping with earplugs, lol.
2006-06-30 00:07:31 · answer #9 · answered by Nate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is sooooooooo horrible!! I hope not......
Now I'm all paranoid....I have had a slightly tickly ear for three days..........
2006-06-30 08:57:27 · answer #10 · answered by Suzita 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋