What hatches is called a maggot, a very basic creature with a small mouth at one end and a much larger excretory hole at the other. The number of generations of maggots hatched on a body is one of several indicators of when death occurred. The maggots also can be tested for drugs and other substances in the victim’s body at the time of death. Maggot life span is one indicator of time of death, and maggots can be tested for the drugs in the tissue they feed on. Lambert hatched a handful of plump, wiggly maggots on a fryer chicken she left outside in a cage all weekend. Given the color choices, a co-worker suggests that she scan them and put them up on the Web as her Hanukkah and Christmas cards.

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