A New Definition of the Word “Safer”

Jerry Coyne, over at Evolution is True, shares a heartwarming tale of a botfly larva that took up residence in a woman’s head (complete with video). She had it removed, but he says that it is much safer to let it come out on its own. This is obviously a new definition of the word "safer"… I don’t think I would feel comfortable about knowingly carrying a maggot munching away inside my skull, letting it grow until it felt the impulse to burrow out in its own good time…