GoblinCorp t1_ja1c9gu wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:38 AM Reply to comment by glisteningdinkus in TIL about Demodex, or eyelash mites. They are too small to see with the naked eye, and feed off of the dead skin cells of humans. Almost every adult human alive has an eyelash mite population living on their face. by lonewolf9378 Think of them as cleaners. Without those mites your eyelashes would be covered in dead eyelid/brow skin. Permalink Parent 13
GoblinCorp t1_iy68xvp wrote on November 29, 2022 at 1:29 AM Reply to TIL that 25% of all known animal species are beetles by [deleted] I believe this factoid came from a Sue Hubbel book but there are 90lbs of insects for every 1l a of human flesh. Hope they don't get organized. Permalink 2
GoblinCorp t1_ja1c9gu wrote
Reply to comment by glisteningdinkus in TIL about Demodex, or eyelash mites. They are too small to see with the naked eye, and feed off of the dead skin cells of humans. Almost every adult human alive has an eyelash mite population living on their face. by lonewolf9378
Think of them as cleaners. Without those mites your eyelashes would be covered in dead eyelid/brow skin.