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

[AtW]

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/

[vetran]

But some of your ex's were OK???

she doesn't read about her exes except in court papers!

[northernladuk]

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???

[d000hg]

Just be glad you aren't NLUK!

Words to live by

[vetran]

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!

[SueEllen]

I read that and thought

I really don't need to read about the mites, bacteria etc in and on my body.

[northernladuk]

Not on me. My crabs make short work of em.

[AtW]

"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