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  1. Today's Accidental Day of Learning Topic:

    I learned all about face mites.

    I really didn't need to know about face mites.

    Once again, I lacked any self control over the steering wheel of knowledge.

    My trip began with an archaeological article that turned to a current news report about measles. Then, a quick right turn to rosacea whereby I dead-ended at: . . . face mites.

    #Random #learning #Louse
    #Biology #Science #Horror

  2. tonight!

    playing sardines with Louse, Pohl and The Shits

    who says romance is dead ... ❤️🌹

    #ValentinesDay #Valloween #Louse #Pohl #TheShits

  3. Five mins into a video on Canadian Confederation, this little critter popped out of the audio headset I was using and started crawling around my ear. ID help appreciated. Maybe a large duck louse (Trinoton querquedulae)? #lice #louse #insect #nature #history #canada #pei #charlottetown #PrinceEdwardIsland

  4. An ancient #disease has another vector hidden up your sleeves blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbit

    #Yersinia pestis can infect the Pawlowsky glands of human body #lice and be transmitted by louse bite journals.plos.org/plosbiology/

    "Everyone knows that #rats and #fleas spread the #BlackDeath... But is there more to this old and deadly story? A team of #scientists set out to definitively say that the human body #louse be a crucial part of this infectious tryst."

  5. Why I won’t be buying sea-farmed salmon ever again.

    “Some fish are so badly affected by #lice that large patches of skin get eaten away entirely,” says Elvar Friõriksson at conservation group the North Atlantic Salmon Fund. Around 20 per cent of #salmon die from #louse injuries or stress

    newscientist.com/article/23979