Abstract
Among the eskimos of the Ahearmiut tribe (Hudson Bay) larvae of Oedemagena tarandi (Linnaeus), subcutaneous parasites of the caribou, are greatly appreciated as food; the hunters bring them to their wives and children as appetizers. Gabus (1956: 280), who lived among the Ahearmiut, reports:
‘With a busy air, Ayutnar carefully extracts round flat larvae from between the skin and flesh of the caribou; these larvae are called ‘kummak’. He offers me some: - No! - They are very good! They taste like milk! - No! - You eat raw caribou; the ‘kummak’ also eat raw caribou… Their flesh is the same! I don’t understand why you don’t want to eat “kummak”!’
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Papavero, N. (1977). Popular Knowledge about the Oestroidea. In: The World Oestridae (Diptera), Mammals and Continental Drift. Series Entomologica, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1306-2_3
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