I walked by the PETA tent at DEMF eating a hot dog.
True story
LOL!
Kellyboop
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Originally posted by Jayx1
I walked by the PETA tent at DEMF eating a hot dog.
True story
LOL!
Could've been a veggie dog :p
soy dogs > hot dogs anyday
Spam
Why stop at just animals?
Jayx1
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Originally posted by Kellyboop
Could've been a veggie dog :p
soy dogs > hot dogs anyday
better make it a steak next time then! LOL!
ChemEnhanced
I really think we need to look out for worms.....the useless killings of worms is destroying our environment. If we kill off all the worms then our trees will all die and we will have nothing to absorb our CO2 and what will happen to photosynthesis? Its a slippery slope....without worms all mankind will die and the earth will destruct.
Jayx1
correction... worms need to look out for me LOL
Xavier Moriarty
what about dust mites?? ever day billions and billions of these helpless cute insects are slaughtered when we vacuum or move or breathe or do anything.
save the dust mites. DEATH TO HUMANS !!!
ChemEnhanced
in protest of the killing of dust mites I'm never vacuuming my carpets again.
Demodex folliculorum, or the demodicid, is a tiny mite, less than 0.4 mm long, that lives in your pores and hair follicles, usually on the nose, forehead, cheek, and chin, and often in the roots of your eyelashes. (A follicle is the pore from which a hair grows). Demodicids have a wormlike appearance, with legs that are mere stumps. People with oily skin, or those who use cosmetics heavily and don't wash thoroughly, have the heaviest infestations ... but most adults carry a few demodicids. Inflammation and infection often result when large numbers of these mites congregate in a single follicle.
The mites live head-down in a follicle, feeding on secretions and dead skin debris. At the left, you can see three demodicids buried in the follicle of a hair, and you can also see the hair's shaft. If too many mites have buried into the same follicle, it may cause the eyelash to fall out easily. An individual female may lay up to 25 eggs in a single follicle, and as the mites grow, they become tightly packed. When mature, the mites leave the follicle, mate, and find a new follicle in which to lay their eggs. The whole cycle takes between 14 to 18 days.
Sometimes demodex is called the 'face mite', since it is often associated with blackheads, acne and other skin disorders (although it is not the cause of these). Demodex are harmless and don't transmit diseases, but large numbers of demodex mites may cause itching and skin disorders, referred to as Demodicosis.
The mites have tiny claws, and needlelike mouthparts for eating skin cells. Their bodies are layered with scales, which help them anchor themselves in the follicle. The mite's digestive system results in so little waste that the mite doesn't even have an excretory opening. So although there may be mites in your eyelashes, there isn't any mite poop! Thank goodness!
However ... did you know that you go to sleep at night on a pillow that is home to many thousands of dust mites ...which help keep our homes clean by consuming the tens of millions of skin cells we shed each day? Just pretend they're not there!
, thanks. now i have to go burn my sheets and wash my face with peroxide. puke
Kamka
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Originally posted by SasH21
These things are gross - I will kill them any day! Whoever wrote this proposal - is ed!
But they are good for the soil though :) I heard once long time ago that you can collect them after the rain and sell them to people who want to have good fertile soil, like farmers (although I can't imagine how this would work on a large scale though). They are part of nature-devised way to keep its ecosystem running well and healthy.
I didn't bother to read the article/letter to the editor that Andy posted and I guess if she proposes to close down the roads after the rain or whatever else she is suggesting, that it's kind of crazy. I just wanted to point out that many things in nature which might seem obtrusive and disgusting to us might actually serve a very useful purpose. Those yummy fruits and vegetables that you might be eating, harvested from someone's garden, might come from good fertile soil which in turn is fertile partly due to the activity of the earthworms. Just like with compost, yeah it's disgusting and smells gross, but it helps to keep the soil rich in nutrients and that gives us the yummy and nutritious food that we like to eat. :) That's why I feel that people should have respect for more things in nature, because nature in the end is what provides us with our existence. When I was growing up, I learned from various old folk stories back home to have a respect for this, people in those days grew their food on their own a lot more than we do today, so they understood the importance of this.
Sorry, I don't mean to preach and I don't mean this personally against you Sasha ;) I just wanted to share my feelings. That's it, I hope you guys understand :)
Nick Cenik
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Originally posted by smuncky
another closer step to communism.
Demodex folliculorum, or the demodicid, is a tiny mite, less than 
The mites have tiny claws, and needlelike mouthparts for eating skin cells. Their bodies are layered with scales, which help them anchor themselves in the follicle. The mite's digestive system results in so little waste that the mite doesn't even have an excretory opening. So although there may be mites in your eyelashes, there isn't any mite poop! Thank goodness!