If you were a fruit, which of these would you rather be?

It is pointless, in a way, but it's also not.
Partially depends if people want to have a positive or negative outlook.

Agreed. But a month later, a squirrel had died...it's an endless cycle. Life>Death>Repeat. I'm starting to think it's pointless...

A realy touching story, even if its a little gruesome. There are important lessons to be learned from nature.

Now don't forgot I was on the verge of throwing up, but seeing them wriggling about back to the body brought tears to my eyes. And yes, I did cry about maggots. It was wonderful though. I never seen so many pale-looking creatures rolling around. The next day, the body was gone and they had left. I was a bit disappointed.

What I wonder is who first thought of maggot treatment...

Considerate of you to the bird, but eew, maggots. Still, I'm glad that you found beauty in the shower of fly larvae. Most people I know and don't know alike would be intensely grossed out and disturbed, not even bothering to appreciate it.

That's smart...but it'd be gross to put a maggot inside of you. *shudders* Nature is cruel.

I nearly vomitted because in the 5th grade, there was a baby bird on the side of the road near our school who has died. I kicked it onto the grass so it could decompose properly (since it was on the concrete), and maggots flew everywhere. I didn't even kick it that hard. See More▼ It was sickening but beautiful at the same time.

Maggots are also interesting in that they are used to clean out wounds sometimes.
If a cut or gouge is infected, maggots may be put in the injured area to devour and rid of the bad flesh.

True. And plus, maggots...oh gosh. *nearly barfs*

Anyway, maggots...umm, will eat the rotten fruit slowly. Yeck.