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The Official DOOM: ELE (Extinction Level Event or ☠️)

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    The Official DOOM: ELE (Extinction Level Event or ☠️)

    "Mites that mate on our faces at night face extinction threat

    Study of tiny parasites points to gene loss from adaptation putting them on dead-end evolutionary course

    Gliding through grease, and protected by our pores, tiny Demodex folliculorummites lead a secretive life within our skin, only emerging at night to mate on our foreheads, noses and nipples. Successful as these sexual encounters are, their days as independent parasites may be numbered.

    The first ever genome sequencing study of these mites appears to have caught them in the process of transitioning to internal symbionts, entirely dependent on us for their existence. Eventually, this process may even lead to their extinction.

    Measuring just 0.3mm long, D folliculorum are carried by roughly 90% of people, and are most abundant in the wings of the nose, the forehead, the ear canal and the nipples. They lead a harmless life, feasting on the sebum naturally secreted by cells in the pores, and are likely to have been present since early life, having been transferred from our mothers during birth or breastfeeding."

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/...ites-gene-loss

    This mite be a bit of a problem? Or not - vote now

    #2
    Not on me. My crabs make short work of em.
    'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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      #3
      I read that and thought

      I really don't need to read about the mites, bacteria etc in and on my body.
      "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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        #4
        Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
        I read that and thought

        I really don't need to read about the mites, bacteria etc in and on my body.
        Just be glad you aren't NLUK!
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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          #5
          Originally posted by vetran View Post

          Just be glad you aren't NLUK!
          Words to live by
          Originally posted by MaryPoppins
          I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
          Originally posted by vetran
          Urine is quite nourishing

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            #6
            Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
            I read that and thought

            I really don't need to read about the mites, bacteria etc in and on my body.
            But some of your ex's were OK???
            'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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              #7
              Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

              But some of your ex's were OK???
              she doesn't read about her exes except in court papers!
              Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                #8
                Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
                I really don't need to read about the mites, bacteria etc in and on my body.
                It's the ones outside that you need to worry about ...


                https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...cked-tweezers/

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