That's a problem, these flies must find a hookup and a reindeer nose to reproduce. No worries: Adult snot bot fly antennae react to the smell of reindeer urine and reindeer interdigital pheromones.

It shows the kitten being held by professionals, as WhitJay, a veterinarian, captioned the footage: "Another cuterebra / bot fly larvae / warble ... the kitten's nose. WhitJay confirmed: "FYI ...

Bot fly larvae is a parasite that mainly feeds on the mucus of ... The pregnant female shoots her already hatched larvae at the host animal’s nostrils. The larvae travel into the nose where they feed ...

While the flies target the nose, in some cases, the larvae can accidentally enter the eye socket of the animal. Rarely, sheep bot fly larvae can enter the eye sockets of humans—as was the case ...

Female bot flies are larviparous, meaning they don’t lay eggs but drop freshly hatched maggots into the nose of a sheep. While infestations of sheep bot fly larvae in human eyes aren’t unheard ...

Sheep bot flies are common in France—they got their ... After a few weeks, they drop out of the nose onto the ground, where they finish their maturation process and grow into adult flies.

Reindeer suffer with symptoms similar to a cold, such as coughing and spluttering - and maybe even that legendary red nose. The cause is not a common cold, however, but an infestation of fly larvae.