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Originally posted by Eaten By Lions
Same with me. Everything is gross when looked at under a harsh microscope. Germs, dust mites, mites, creepy crawlies, etc...The world is full of them. You can't help it so just deal tbqh.
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Yep. Even human skin looks gross under a powerful microscope.
electron microscopic photo of dust mite among dead skin cells and dust
More so when you can see the microscopic (they are much too small to see with the human eye) dust mites eating away at your dead skin.
Though they are harmless.
http://www.ehso.com/ehshome/dustmites.php
A typical mattress can contain tens of thousands of dust mites.
Nearly 100,000 mites can live in one square yard of carpet.
Beds are a prime habitat (where 1/3 of life occurs).
A typical used mattress may have anywhere from 100,000 to 10 million mites inside.
10% of the weight of a two year old pillow can be composed of dead mites and their droppings.
A favorite food is dander (both human and animal skin flakes).
Dust mites are too small to be visible to the naked eye.
They are only 250 to 300 microns in length and have translucent bodies.
It takes at least a 10X magnification to be able to correctly identify them.
Due to the large quantity of skin scales sloughed off daily by humans, mites have an abundant food supply.
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I remember when I first learned about dust mites when I was little. I saw pictures and information about them in this science trivia type book I had and asked my parents about them. I was so freaked out and scared to lay on my bed.