Hypoderma tarandi: Difference between revisions

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==As food==

{{see also|Entomophagy}}

In cold climates supporting [[reindeer]] or [[caribou]]-reliant populations, large quantities of ''Hypoderma tarandi'' maggots are available to human populations during the butchery of animals.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=CfTzAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA482|title=Caribou warble grubs edible|first=E.P.|last=Felt|year=1918|journal=Journal of Economic Entomology|volume=11|page=482}}</ref>

''Hypoderma tarandi'' larvae were part of the traditional diet of the [[Nunamiut]] people.<ref>Eric Loker, Bruce Hofkin et al. ''Parasitology: A Conceptual Approach''. p. 229</ref> Copious art dating back to the [[Pleistocene]] in Europe confirms their consumption in premodern times, as well.<ref name="NPA">{{cite book|title=The Nature of Paleolithic Art|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=3u6JNwMyMCEC&pg=PA6|accessdate=7 May 2013|last=Guthrie |first=Russell Dale |year=2005|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-31126-5|pages=6–}}</ref>

The sixth episode of season one of the television series ''Beyond Survival'' entitled "The Inuit - Survivors of the Future" features survival expert [[Les Stroud]] and two Inuit guides hunting caribou on the northern coast of [[Baffin Island]] near [[Pond Inlet]], [[Nunavut]], Canada. Upon skinning and butchering of one of the animals, numerous larvae (presumably ''Hypoderma tarandi'', although not explicitly stated) are apparent on the inside of the caribou pelt. Stroud and his two Inuit guides eat (albeit somewhat reluctantly) one larva each, with Stroud commenting that the larva "tastes like milk" and was historically commonly consumed by the Inuit people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lesstroud.ca/beyondsurvival/ep6.php |title=Les Stroud - ''Beyond Survival: The Inuit - Survivors of the Future'' |publisher=Lesstroud.ca |date= |accessdate=2015-11-10}}</ref>