I was watching the repeat of Bear in the Alps tonight. He found an animal that had died in an avalanche. He said to stay away from the smelly meat of the animal but to eat the maggots that are feeding on the smelly meat. Without washing, boiling/cooking, or cleaning the maggots in any way he bit the heads off and ate the bodies if them. Now, my thinking is that if you don't want to eat the meat, why would you want to eat the maggots that are chewing through the meat without at least washing them first? Am I wrong in thinking this? My feelings are if I'm in a survival situation I don't want to take a chance on making my situation worse by eating tainted maggots. What are you thoughts?