These Lice Dive Kilometers Under the Ocean!

These Lice Dive Kilometers Under the Ocean!

Posted November 4, 2020

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Lice don’t just thrive in the biomes of body hair and fur, they can also live in a place that seems like it should be bug-free: the oceans.

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Sources:
https://jeb.biologists.org/content/223/17/jeb226811
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-antarcticas-only-insect-resident-survives-freezing-temperatures-180973087/
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6433/1262.summary
https://www.dw.com/en/why-are-there-so-few-insects-at-sea/a-44388348
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002219101400211X?viaihub
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/science/lice-elephant-seals.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC114155/

Image Sources:
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/antarctica-beautiful-landscape-blue-icebergs-gm1018131148-273723577
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/volcano-national-park-hawaii-gm650056438-118108055
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/beautiful-sunrise-over-the-sea-gm1161610609-318359889
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
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https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/undrwater-shot-of-a-man-swim-in-the-sea-epyjio3pgim5w5q91

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