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READING the correspondence in NATURE on larvæ in antelope horns, reminded me of an experience in India. I was on a shooting trip near the Niti Pass in May, and bought a sheep for food from a native. Within five minutes of it being killed its horns were removed from the head, and it was found that they contained each some dozen maggots, white, and about half an inch in length. The horns had not been perceptibly perforated, and seemed quite sound. This fact may be well known, but I give it for what it is worth.
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TRAHERNE, G. Horn-feeding Larvæ. Nature 58, 521 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/058521d0
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