Posted on 09/01/2014 5:03:19 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Research teams from North Carolina State University, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and California Academy of Sciences explain there are at least two different varieties of arachnid mites that have likely taken residence in the vicinity of your nose, just as they have on every mammal on the planet, except for members of the platypus family, according to a university news release.
Demodex mites are tiny relatives of spiders and ticks and reside in and on the skin of mammals, which often apparently house more than one species of mite; field mice, for instance, are known to have up to four different mite species on their faces alone
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In fact, Dan Fergus, a mite molecular biologist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, discovered mite DNA could be sequenced from face scrapings regardless of whether a mite could be found under the microscope -- and that mite DNA was found on every single adult sampled by researchers.
Demodex brevis, which is short and chubby, and Demodex folliculorum, which is considered long and skinny, are the two most prevalent animal inhabitants on our mugs, though they aren't closely related at all.
(Excerpt) Read more at latinpost.com ...
Well, I expect Obama to do something about this. Government fixes everything, right?
I misread this as “Mitt-O-Rama” due to my concerns about 2016.
Doesn’t bother me till the weekend, the music and dancing go on for all hours!
Get ‘em off me!!
Look up cheese mites on google sometime, it’s a good
thing they are so small.
PS. they aren’t called CHEESE mites for no reason...
Try doing what I do, take a hot shower......
LOL.....
maybe that is what makes one leftist? The kind of mite you have on your face
Not on Marie Osmond’s face. A mite would be looking to jump on her face and another mite would say, “Naw....leave that face alone.”
Oh, there ain’t no bugs on me...
The lice and mites must fight turf wars on some of the more grubby folks.
“Except for members of the Platypus family”
Mama Platypus taught the kids to scrub their faces three times a day.
Just have a friend take a magnifying glass and a hammer and rid you of your unwanted guests!
I shared this factoid with both my wife and my daughter. Both told me they didn’t really need to know.
Makes you wonder how if we do encounter other life in the galaxy, would the biggest threat be microscopic? Think “Andromeda Strain” on steroids...
Long as they’re friendly I guess I’m okay with ‘em.
“Demodex”
Sounds Romulan.
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