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TrumpterOFyvie t1_je1gmnr wrote

I can't believe I've gone my whole life assuming those little bastards were anus-free.

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chrisreddit8888 t1_je1kqxg wrote

Are we sure? Sometimes researchers don't know their ass from their elbow.

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tanfj t1_je1ms4z wrote

Excremeditation, focusing on all life shares the joy of pooping.

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BeowulfsGhost t1_je227q9 wrote

I for one am relieved they finally found an anus…

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ParadiseValleyFiend t1_je2926y wrote

"Hey Science! How's the whole curing cancer or solving climate change stuff going? I'm sure you have tons of new fascinating discoveries that will improve our lives!"

Science: "the tiny face bugs do indeed have buttholes."

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AudibleNod OP t1_je2c9xc wrote

Replying to ParadiseValleyFiend (#2,429,359)

Science is pretty good at taking some random information and synthesizing it into something useful or exploring something else new.

Further in the same article they look at the demodex genome and speculate it's at an evolutionary dead-end. Who knows, maybe we can use that against dangerous bacteria or guinea worms.

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Czexxi t1_je2htyf wrote

Eureka! I found the hole.

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PlasticMix8573 t1_je3bglb wrote

Imagine being the post-doc that discovered the mite's missing asshole... The prestige, the glamour, the never living it down.

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No-Sock7425 t1_je5bl9n wrote

The bug they tested was just a giant asshole.

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