that picture is actually a cute silk worm: factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32CF9LC
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Submitted 2 days ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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tino@lemmy.world 1 day ago
perishthethought@lemm.ee 2 days ago
My fave parts (edited for brevity):
The adult mites are 0.3–0.4 mm (3⁄256–1⁄64 in) long. Each has a semitransparent, elongated body that consists of two fused parts. Eight short, segmented legs are attached to the first body segment. The body is covered with scales for anchoring itself in the hair follicle, and the mite has pin-like mouthparts for eating skin cells and oils that accumulate in the hair follicles.
… and …
The mites are transferred between hosts through contact with hair, eyebrows, and the sebaceous glands of the face.
Ohhh good.
Maalus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Wait, 0.3mm is huge, you should be able to see that. I don’t think this is right.
MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 1 day ago
0.3mm in length, not diameter. Yes, you can see them, but they just look like dead skin/gunk to our eyes.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Maybe we do see them, but mistake them for bits of skin or dirt.
Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Combine the size with the fact that they are semi transparent and live in hair follicles and sebaceous glands, both of which are essentially under the skin, and that’s why you don’t generally see them.
Krackalot@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Agreed. 1/64th of an inch is .016". An average human hair is .003" in diameter, that would be as long as five hairs wide. You wouldn’t even need a magnifier to see the largest ones.
TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 2 days ago
3⁄256
Who uses inches at this scale? I mean, really.
brown567@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I learned recently that machinists used to use fractions to indicate tolerance, like a dimension given as 5/16 could be ±1/32 of an inch, because anything less than 9/32 would round to 4/16, and anything more than 11/32 to 6/16.
Classy@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
3⁄256
Please don’t let the Amish at my work know that such small increments of size exist. They’ll ask me to cut my trim to that level of tolerance
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
This is why it’s okay to make out with randos at parties and such. You get mono for 6 months plus accretion of zillions of new friends.
JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 1 day ago
mouthparts
Josh & Chuck just got a tignle down their spinesflora_explora@beehaw.org 2 days ago
Fitting username :P
Although tbh they look kinda cute!
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Found out about these when I was a kid. I was thrilled. When I was very little, my mom owned a grooming shop, and I basically had 1 million pets. Then she closed down, and we just had our dog and a cat. Weird little 5 year old me loved the idea that I had thousands of little pets that’s slept on my face and came out to play while I slept
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s the best possible reaction to this :)
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
I will admit that since I’ve started wearing glasses, my eyes often burn really badly (I don’t know if they’re related or just weird timing), and I sometimes wonder if my little friends are pissed about the change and getting into my eyes. Lol
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Looks just like me if I don’t shave. :3
P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 1 hour ago
Don’t shave
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 45 minutes ago
it’s too late midterms are here and now i’m a demodex
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Little homies up in there cleaning things and living their best lives. I ain’t mad at that.
Besides, all the yeast and bacteria maken good company for them, so it’s all good.
Cenotaph@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Just make sure you wash your face still, otherwise they build up and cause problems
voodooattack@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Etterra@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Is it too late to drown myself in napalm?
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How come there’s never little ape like creatures.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Because the fanfic would lead us further away from our path to god.
hate2bme@lemmy.world 2 days ago
He looks like a cute lil garbage pail kid type of thing.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ugly cute. I like the little guy.
AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Time to scrub my face with a cheese grater
EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 1 day ago
AaaaaAAaaaaaaaAaaAAaaaaaaaaAAAAaaaaaa
breathes in
AAAaaaaaaAaaaaaAAAaaaaaaaaaaAAaaaaaaa
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 1 day ago
lovin u is complicatED, lovin u is complicated 🎵
dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
friend shaped
obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 2 days ago
It’s cute, like a version of the tardigrade.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Adorabibble.
tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Ballsack looking ass
10_0@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Ogs know this is a repost
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
OGs see a repost and understand that’s how meme culture is, because that’s how language is, how art is.
Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 2 days ago
sirico@feddit.uk 1 day ago
I am the planet now
EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
looks like hillary clinton without makeup
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
You into throwback ad hominem politics or just general misogyny? Why not both? Check out… I won’t even say the name. Fuck you.
NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 1 day ago
Personally I find it pretty neat that as megafauna we are host to entire little ecosystems. It’s a calming thought to imagine yourself like some large tree, home to little families of various creatures, bacterial and fungal colonies growing on you. We are thoroughly integrated into the ecosystems in which we live.
They’re not harmful, they’re just living their mitey little life.
Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I, personally, am wholly against most of my DNA existing solely it can replicate itself. So what if getting rid of it is more effort than keeping it? I want it gone from my body. Goddamn freeloaders…
TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 1 day ago
Pretty much everything looks horrifying on a scanning electron micrograph.
brb@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Thanks now I want to rip my skin off
NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 1 day ago
I hope you’re just acting the fool because of tumblr brain. You aren’t being harmed, knowledge of something that wasn’t hurting you being uncomfortable should convince you your attitudes are wrong. Not that the situation is bad.
Fix yourself, don’t be a child.