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    There are a lot of creepy creatures in the world, and even the microcosmos is no place to escape them. And perhaps one of the most unsettling creatures to us here on Journey to the Microcosmos is the mite.
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  • @journeytomicro
    @journeytomicro  6 місяців тому +18

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    • @SWatson410
      @SWatson410 6 місяців тому

      I have a topic request:
      The news hasn't been covering it, but there has been an increasing occurrence of Leishmaniasis in the Southwest US. This is a disease that affects humans and their pets with potentially deadly outcomes. It's caused by a microscopic parasite, which is spread by sandflies and can be transmissible by dogs to their owners.
      It would be very interesting to see and could help inform more about this emerging health threat.

    • @TheBullethead
      @TheBullethead 6 місяців тому

      Allergies only appear in the medical record circa 1900, about the time that disease theory took hold and folks rich enough started keeping their kids and all they touched as clean as possible. And thus these kids' immune systems, which were bred up since the beginning of time to be at all-out war with the universe, suddenly had no more real enemies to fight. but you can't stop an army in its tracks that's been many millions of years on the attack. So the immune system, lacking real enemies to fight, started going off on harmless stuff like pollen, dust mite poop, and whatnot, instead of actual pathogens and parasites. And thus, allergies in city folks. Country folks, who get exposed to all sorts of diseases and parasites from birth, and are actually encouraged to eat dirt as children, thus have a base level of disease and parasitic infection providing an endless supply of valid targets for the immune system, so it doesn't get distracted by false targets like pollen and dust mites. And thus, country folks are healthy and don't have allergies. So go eat some dirt. It'll cure your allergies.

  • @alext6933
    @alext6933 6 місяців тому +342

    Yeah right Mom you're not going to trick me into cleaning my room with this

    • @woody442
      @woody442 6 місяців тому +29

      I just cleaned mine last year. That gotta do for a while.

    • @Boogie_the_cat
      @Boogie_the_cat 6 місяців тому +8

      If you owned a microscope, you probably would clean more often. Everything is disgusting close up.

    • @woody442
      @woody442 6 місяців тому

      @@Boogie_the_cat Its not dirt, it’s a sample farm.

    • @woody442
      @woody442 6 місяців тому +10

      @@Boogie_the_cat It ain’t just dirt, it’s a sample farm.

    • @idontwantahandlethough
      @idontwantahandlethough 6 місяців тому +5

      you're not even my real mom, *_DEBRA!!_*

  • @dforrest4503
    @dforrest4503 6 місяців тому +171

    Remember that making your bed keeps in the humidity and darkness and fosters dust mite survival. For safety, I don’t make my bed.

    • @Ezeekey
      @Ezeekey 6 місяців тому +26

      That just changes where the mites are living though. For optimal safety, I sleep on a hard wooden floor. No crevices for mites to hide there.

    • @frozenfeet4534
      @frozenfeet4534 5 місяців тому +9

      I sleep in hell. the elevator is slower than I'd like but the mites cook right off

    • @dforrest4503
      @dforrest4503 5 місяців тому +3

      @@Ezeekey but the cockroaches!

    • @oliverholm3973
      @oliverholm3973 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@dforrest4503
      I live in a cold climate, I only need to worry about truly tiny things.

    • @williamchamberlain2263
      @williamchamberlain2263 2 місяці тому

      ​@@oliverholm3973 no Skin Spiders for you

  • @Lord_Baphomet_
    @Lord_Baphomet_ 6 місяців тому +52

    Honestly the more you study the microcosm the more you start to wonder… am I a person… or just a massive collection of cells reading instructions on how to build and maintain a city (aka me).

    • @blablah127
      @blablah127 5 місяців тому +4

      Yeah 😅

    • @happygolucky9004
      @happygolucky9004 5 місяців тому

      Definitely a collection of human cells and a whole ecosystem of bacteria, fungi, viruses and protists in your gut and on your skin!

    • @Kevin-iv3lv
      @Kevin-iv3lv 4 місяці тому +2

      Yep. We are tiny organisms on a muddy sphere floating around a star. Insanely mind blowing. At least that's my opinion. 😁

    • @williamchamberlain2263
      @williamchamberlain2263 2 місяці тому

      And consciousness is just the newspaper headlines. Not even the tag lines.

    • @bennutt5050
      @bennutt5050 Місяць тому

      the more info a life forme can well interact with probbly helps and eating from a large pool of food with diffrent effects . someone had to eat a poisonous mushrooms and also dose watching Sponge bob have sideffects.

  • @AL-fl4jk
    @AL-fl4jk 6 місяців тому +80

    I remember learning this in grade school and crying myself to sleep for weeks bc I could feel myself surrounded by mites

    • @serotoninsyndrome
      @serotoninsyndrome 6 місяців тому +21

      And all the while, the mites supped upon your tears....

    • @idontwantahandlethough
      @idontwantahandlethough 6 місяців тому +8

      one time we watched a documentary about bacteria in 5th grade. Alison got really scared and stood on her desk to "hide from the germs" until my teacher reminded her that germs are in the air too. Then she just started crying. It was kinda funny, kinda sad

    • @darcieclements4880
      @darcieclements4880 6 місяців тому +2

      But is friend. Just need air filter to clean poo.

    • @blablah127
      @blablah127 5 місяців тому

      @@darcieclements4880 a 20x20 box fan is perfect. They make air filters the same size and you can just tape it to the back. I’m getting one tomorrow.

  • @MudaGameStudio
    @MudaGameStudio 6 місяців тому +54

    As someone who cleans abandoned homes for a living it’s comforting to know that there are so many of these little dust-shitting bastards sifting around in the filth. I say this with love

    • @blablah127
      @blablah127 5 місяців тому +3

      I can’t tell the tone here, are you joking or nah 😅

    • @MudaGameStudio
      @MudaGameStudio 5 місяців тому +3

      @@blablah127 sadly I’m telling the truth! 😂 Not about being happy about the dust mites lmao but I do clean abandoned houses and there are quite a number of terrible little creatures sometimes 😂

    • @blablah127
      @blablah127 5 місяців тому +2

      @@MudaGameStudio geez. Hope it pays well 🫡

    • @MudaGameStudio
      @MudaGameStudio 5 місяців тому +2

      @@blablah127 it depends! Where I live it’s actually very decent pay, but I’ve heard horror stories from some other people that have done it for much less in other areas 😟 it depends on the severity most of the time!

    • @blablah127
      @blablah127 5 місяців тому +1

      @@MudaGameStudio that’s a relief. Keep the PPE on and make that bank

  • @kats9755
    @kats9755 6 місяців тому +12

    Big fan of the EXTREMELY scientist-coded action of seeing a weird spot on one's face and immediately going "oh I gotta scrape that and look at it". Ah, microbiologists and their bodily excretions/bodily ecosystem.

  • @blobbertmcblob4888
    @blobbertmcblob4888 6 місяців тому +59

    I'm all itchy now. Thanks. Thanks for that.

    • @zJoriz
      @zJoriz 6 місяців тому +1

      r/thanksihateit

    • @pheart2381
      @pheart2381 6 місяців тому +2

      Scabies...

    • @charlesreid9337
      @charlesreid9337 6 місяців тому +5

      it's all the mites climbing ypur body to watch the movie about them

  • @urgo224
    @urgo224 6 місяців тому +41

    The visuals of the leg hydraulics working at 10:47 are pretty incredible

  • @rosierose8643
    @rosierose8643 6 місяців тому +22

    I used to be a veterinary nurse (had to leave the field due to health issues) and as sad as it is when an animal has mites (other than the usual amount of demodex), it's super cool to see them under the microscope. My first time seeing them was on a slide from a rabbit with itchy ears... E. cuniculi, I think? I was so excited to show the senior nurses!

  • @anicamiller5718
    @anicamiller5718 6 місяців тому +21

    I am glad the mites don't gross me out. As a gardener and houseplant lover I would be very interested in seeing a spidermites up close like this video

  • @Diarmuhnd
    @Diarmuhnd 6 місяців тому +29

    Bedbugs freak me out more than mites. ^^

    • @OldManBOMBIN
      @OldManBOMBIN 6 місяців тому

      Dude, I'm a maintenance man for some low-income apartments; I've only been doing it for a couple of years now, but I've seen some things - and I've heard about some other things.
      Bedbugs are no joke.
      For anyone reading this who doesn't know, bedbugs can reproduce pretty crazy fast, and adults can go for a year with no food. Just waiting to feel the heat of your body so they can suck your bone juices.
      They suck, but you gotta admire em a little.

  • @dingo1666
    @dingo1666 6 місяців тому +26

    I am a massive Mite fan 😍. I draw cute manga versions of them and am somehow really into them at the moment. I actually find them cute. They are welcome to walk around on me. So thanks for this video.

    • @conanhighwoods4304
      @conanhighwoods4304 6 місяців тому +3

      That username and pfp tho. But yeah, I remember hearing about someone who made a story or something about a (dust?) mite society. I do not remember much except I think some had office jobs and they did not live long.

    • @whiteobama3032
      @whiteobama3032 6 місяців тому +2

      Mites are cute af, facts!

    • @darcieclements4880
      @darcieclements4880 6 місяців тому +3

      Yes, we should not be creeped out by mites. Most mites are friends. It is not their fault that we are allergic to their poop and as somebody who falls into this category I can say it's quite controllable with really good air filters and vacuums. Mites do not creep me out and I don't think any of us need to be creeped out by a critter that has been part of our ecology since before humans were humans.

  • @guystreamsstuff7841
    @guystreamsstuff7841 6 місяців тому +29

    I find their little arachnid forms quite endearing. Same with ticks, despite all the problems they bring, I find them kinda cute.

    • @davewalter1216
      @davewalter1216 6 місяців тому +5

      Ticks are just big blood-sucking mites, so your endearment of ticks is consistent with your appreciation of other mites.I find mites fascinating, but I feel revulsion towards ticks, mosquitoes, leeches and any other organism that seeks to graze on my blood. That's just me, though. Go ahead and like ticks: they certainly like us.

    • @charlesreid9337
      @charlesreid9337 6 місяців тому +1

      look at a closeup of a tick from the front. theyre nightmare fuel

    • @oliverholm3973
      @oliverholm3973 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@davewalter1216
      I don't mind mosquitoes; If they were quiet and didn't leave an itch, I'd let them have their milligram of blood. However, ticks? They're disgusting in every conceivable way.

  • @ELECTROSHEEP3000
    @ELECTROSHEEP3000 6 місяців тому +44

    Ah, the mighty mite, unsung heroes of... making and being dust!

  • @jivejunior8753
    @jivejunior8753 6 місяців тому +31

    Am I the only one who finds these fascinating and not at all scary? The constant reminders that they "should" be scary get grating.

    • @robbdudeson346
      @robbdudeson346 6 місяців тому

      There are Actually quite a a FEW like Alot actually... Of Symbiotic Mites and even other microscopic organisms such as you know viruses which were actually 8% virus as a human being... And 30% bacteria by weight. Often people don't realize how the microcosmos actually keeps Us Alive. They only see the creepy thing lol

    • @robbdudeson346
      @robbdudeson346 6 місяців тому +1

      Many Viruses actually make us stronger, not weaker, by activating geans that lay dormant and they change our physical Cellular makeup and even improve the bodies Cellular Environment Itself by producing compounds and proteins that are needed in other parts of the body which would have otherwise not have even been produced at all...

    • @sleepybear2391
      @sleepybear2391 6 місяців тому +9

      Same here, im like "yes we get it, creepy crawlies". I love bugs of all sorts and watch these sorts of videos to escape that kinda burn-it-with-fire mentality

    • @mabelmabel8112
      @mabelmabel8112 6 місяців тому +8

      absolutely same, like. its just bugs, they arent doing anything all that scary and theyre not even that gross. like sure the poop thing is conceptually gross but this channels bread and butter is that invisible, bizarre animals live and die on basically every surface and water droplet, leaving behind corpses and other conceptually gross stuff. what makes these ones unworthy of love
      edit: the last two are much more respectful and its mostly the dust mite one that bugged me

    • @okzoomers
      @okzoomers 6 місяців тому +7

      I love the demodex "follicle mites" so much. They have these cute stubby legs in their tiny little scrunched-up bodies, and big long tails that stick up out of the follicle with the hair. They can live their entire life cycle inside a follicle, harmlessly eating sebaceous secretions and dead skin, and laying their eggs inside the follicle. They are a fascinating clade, and reflect the beauty and intricacy of ecological and coevolutionary relationships.

  • @Jonathan-bu7iv
    @Jonathan-bu7iv 6 місяців тому +9

    Eh, we have trillions of other life forms living on us. Or inside. How bad is it to have another?

  • @VYScuti
    @VYScuti 6 місяців тому +5

    I can't believe I'm sometimes seeing the photo receptor 'eyes' as heart-shaped on the water mite. 16:48

  • @narrativeless404
    @narrativeless404 6 місяців тому +6

    This _"MITE"_ be one of your best puns so far
    Haha

  • @peopleeps4756
    @peopleeps4756 6 місяців тому +10

    Demodex looks like a tardigrade crossed with a glow worm under the UV light, how cute!! 💖

    • @peopleeps4756
      @peopleeps4756 6 місяців тому +2

      I am delighted by my facial follicle friends 💖 I love being an ecosystem and a universe within another ecosystem and universe :]

  • @Sssp4582
    @Sssp4582 6 місяців тому +13

    I love how i can almost always exspect i very well made video from this channel every week or two

  • @delphicdescant
    @delphicdescant 6 місяців тому +8

    The fact that mites are used in the production of mimolette is what first made me try the cheese. It really is a good cheese. For some reason, the thought of eating the mites is actually kinda cool to me. Especially if they're still alive at that point. I think the rind (or at least, the part of the cheese closest to the rind that's still chewable), is the best-tasting part, too.

  • @AFNacapella
    @AFNacapella 6 місяців тому +12

    I love Journey to the Mite-o-cosmos!

  • @mondo_stunts27
    @mondo_stunts27 6 місяців тому +4

    Absolutely vacuuming and cleaning the pet food bowls and everything after this. Just cut their numbers down more often 😂

  • @kaelhooten8468
    @kaelhooten8468 6 місяців тому +8

    This channel rekindled my childhood habit of keeping a jar of living swamp water on a windowsill. Now I turn the phone off and watch the ostracods and copepods drift about inside of my backyard sea monkeys world

  • @avinotion
    @avinotion 6 місяців тому +6

    32:31
    I don't care what you say, I started eating my dinner and I'm not stopping now!

  • @darkstarr984
    @darkstarr984 6 місяців тому +2

    I get some allergy response from my cats shedding but most of it is the dust mites in my bed and pillow. Evidenced by realizing I am always sneezy in the morning, and currently don’t have a dust mite cover on my pillow like I used to!

  • @brandonkennedy4160
    @brandonkennedy4160 6 місяців тому +12

    Love the music, especially in the beginning.

  • @00Skyfox
    @00Skyfox 6 місяців тому +2

    You should do a video about _Valonia ventricosa._ It’s a huge single cell algae the size of a grape.

  • @AndrewWilsonOz
    @AndrewWilsonOz 6 місяців тому +4

    Thank you. You gave me the motivation, to go and change my overdue sheets.

  • @davidgrim5990
    @davidgrim5990 6 місяців тому +3

    There is a growing link between demodex population density and severe acne.

  • @monkey_man70-1
    @monkey_man70-1 6 місяців тому +3

    Im psyched. I was actually able to buy the microscope this time they were available. Can't wait to start looking into the microcosmos, gonna be bringing in so many samples from everywhere i can think of.

  • @RosieRoserules
    @RosieRoserules 6 місяців тому +3

    Yes you could study biology and still never hear much about archaic mites. In the 1800s there was a scientist who showed with electricity that he could cause the archaic mites in our body to become extremely over agitated I found that very fascinating but of course everyone thought he was crazy and he was before his time.

  • @harlycorner
    @harlycorner 6 місяців тому +7

    I keep my mites well fed and entertained. They are grateful.

    • @erinmac4750
      @erinmac4750 3 місяці тому +1

      I hear you! Mine even get the bonus of fine peat dust that comes in through my windows. 🪲

  • @thrushestrange5822
    @thrushestrange5822 6 місяців тому +7

    Dusting your house is just destroying dust mite habitat 😂

  • @greedthenyavaricious
    @greedthenyavaricious 6 місяців тому +2

    Mites have always been dear to me. Not really sure why. I loved watching those velvety little red mites scatter from underneath rocks (except for the times I thought my blood was made of them, LOL). Just amazing to me how small some arthropods can get!

  • @tomholroyd7519
    @tomholroyd7519 6 місяців тому +4

    Ah spring. When the soil bacteria wake up. Cherries are already blooming here in DC, it's two weeks early, seriously, yeah, it's warm, and the soil is waking up.
    I like videos about the things frozen in the arctic that are going to unthaw this year, too. Things our immune systems have never seen

  • @madrazz8888
    @madrazz8888 6 місяців тому +2

    This is why you don't "make your bed". You pull the covers down to let your bed air out and let daylight hit it during the day.

  • @CookingWithCows
    @CookingWithCows 6 місяців тому +4

    The pen is mitier than the sword. Because we stick pens into our clothes and generally touch pens more often than swords

  • @Shaden0040
    @Shaden0040 6 місяців тому +5

    Has James ever looked into what's living in honey? or in in colonies? Mold scores? or in liken?

    • @Sheepy007
      @Sheepy007 6 місяців тому

      Honey is anti bacterial and antifungal so I dont think you would find any noticable life within it

    • @pheart2381
      @pheart2381 6 місяців тому +2

      Honey is anti-bacterial. Mould spores and lichen would be interesting.

  • @directperfect3208
    @directperfect3208 6 місяців тому +2

    This is so well put together, thank you, I’ve been subbed for a while but was putting off watching any videos because the whole concept of the microcosm baffles and unnerves me, I’m glad I watched this one first, honestly all the factual information the calming voice and the perfect music, like shi I’m watching a documentary not a yt video lol, now it’s time to binge watch, much love

  • @DjCleric
    @DjCleric 6 місяців тому +2

    Nature is always disgustingly fascinating.
    〜⁠(⁠꒪⁠꒳⁠꒪⁠)⁠〜

  • @ericantonio1681
    @ericantonio1681 6 місяців тому +3

    Lordy , thank you JTTM, another fear unlocked. Imma order the John Travolta Bubble this weekend and make sure I never touch anything

  • @something_strange3086
    @something_strange3086 6 місяців тому +4

    Journey to the MITErocosmos

  • @Jabrils
    @Jabrils 6 місяців тому +2

    a 36 minute Journey to the Microcosmos? yes please 😍

  • @jtktomb8598
    @jtktomb8598 6 місяців тому +2

    Why reinforce all the unfounded fears and arachnophobia for the introduction ...

  • @The_Entitiess
    @The_Entitiess 6 місяців тому +6

    This is the best video on the entire channel

  • @Viscellaneous_Rim
    @Viscellaneous_Rim 6 місяців тому +2

    i absolutely love mites, theyre really adorable and fun, interesting little guys
    Edit: the constant reminding of "oh no theyre horrific!" is quite tiring, hearing it from educational channels especially. they are like any other creature and shouldnt be demonized out of comfort when you are actively teaching about them.

  • @GearForTheYear
    @GearForTheYear 6 місяців тому +3

    If the Demodex live off of dead skin, then having them on your face is already a symbiotic relationship by definition. I think I’d rather think of them that way, too.

    • @mcgritty8842
      @mcgritty8842 6 місяців тому

      Well, if you wash your body, you’ll remember some of those dead skin cells… don’t be gross and think a mite can justify your ideals

  • @michael1unknown
    @michael1unknown 6 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for your highly interesting channel. Your videos are excellent and the optical quality of your system is amazing.
    One question: How do you identify all these little creatures ? Do you have a microbiology book or something like that to look it up ?

  • @dontwanadisplaynameonutube2951
    @dontwanadisplaynameonutube2951 Місяць тому +1

    I literally saved 3 spiders from the pool area today. One orb weaver almost had a 2 inch leg span!
    Are they scary to start handling? Yes. Their reactionary response is so much quicker just in their daily lives,
    Consider how slow we probably are to dragonflies, they experience a different perception of time.
    But after they respond to your interaction, and realize you’re not trying to hurt them, they are perfectly fine being handled.
    If they do scare you, jumping spiders are the most handleable spiders, and they’ll jump between your fingers, it’s so cute.
    I love spiders.

  • @lessanderfer7195
    @lessanderfer7195 6 місяців тому +1

    Come with us as we explore the Humancosmos; a complex and exciting world, filled with organisms from viruses, bacteria and fungi, to tiny animals that inhabit virtually every inch, and pore, of our bodies.

  • @NOLNV1
    @NOLNV1 6 місяців тому +1

    I actually think it's cute Demodex mites are enjoying my greasy face, glad someone is

  • @rishyrish6508
    @rishyrish6508 3 місяці тому +1

    Ive always been curious what we may feel and look like to micro orginisms. Imagine if we were their size then a human would seem like a giant mythical god. Makes me think about what that would look like in our universe. Our entire universe could be a speck of dust hitching a ride from some space turtle

  • @shashima3162
    @shashima3162 6 місяців тому +1

    Hank,
    You didn’t tell us where the butt on the Demodex is.
    DFTBA

  • @ronin_user
    @ronin_user 6 місяців тому +2

    I audibly shrieked.

  • @nabinnyc
    @nabinnyc 2 місяці тому +1

    Few things have ever been as much of a joyously informative Zenlike experience as any one of these journeys to the micro cosmos.❤

  • @alexisasheep6554
    @alexisasheep6554 3 місяці тому +1

    When I made the decision to just accept being aware of all the things living on and in our bodies and not freaking out about it like I did previously it made me resilient to things like this so that I can appreciate how interesting it is instead of freaking out. What I was not prepared for was the crying, screaming, bleeding face of a tiny critter but rock on?

  • @robbdudeson346
    @robbdudeson346 6 місяців тому +1

    Hank is that You?? ... Also... There are Micro Mites that live in the Poors ... And apparently they have Buttholes

  • @tomholroyd7519
    @tomholroyd7519 6 місяців тому +1

    To be honest the black hole in the floor filled with unspeakable monsters was worse than the spiders, but yeah, then I saw a 10 cm diameter spider ... I wonder if there is a species of venomous spider that just bites large mammals so they die, and then eats the flies that come

  • @charjl96
    @charjl96 6 місяців тому +1

    Water mites, with their red color being a warning sign, but red is the first color to go in darker environments

  • @robbdudeson346
    @robbdudeson346 6 місяців тому +1

    Demodex kinda sounds like the name of a Rave Electronic Music Scene from maybe Europe or Turkey or Florida or ...

  • @AlyxGlide
    @AlyxGlide 5 місяців тому +1

    showering the dirt off? No, showering the mites off 💀

  • @jerrydumas9848
    @jerrydumas9848 6 місяців тому +1

    "Theres no such thing as mites " came from a coworker.... apparently shes never heard of a microscope.

  • @snalgae
    @snalgae 6 місяців тому +1

    I really like how unique the microcosmos is

  • @TheRedKnight101
    @TheRedKnight101 6 місяців тому +1

    All this mite slander really ticks me off

  • @straylives
    @straylives 6 місяців тому +1

    This is a real life horror movie😢

  • @AND-od5jt
    @AND-od5jt Місяць тому

    According to BBC "Human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count. The rest are microscopic colonists. Understanding this hidden half of ourselves - our microbiome - is rapidly transforming understanding of diseases from allergy to Parkinson's." [09.04.2018]
    We learned in school it'd be about 3kg of 60 (aka 5%), mainly in the intestines.
    So -- which of those statements is (closer to) the truth?
    Please&thanks!
    Nice video!

  • @vonseitentv
    @vonseitentv 6 місяців тому

    Why should anyone have nightmares of spiders.. They are mankind’s best friends and catch all the mosquitos for us.
    And mites are cute. Point. :D

  • @jacksonbineck615
    @jacksonbineck615 6 місяців тому

    Could have portuguese legend, it would be amazing, more than it is. Thanks, and congrats for your job. Hugs from brazil❤❤❤❤

  • @bluesioux9538
    @bluesioux9538 5 місяців тому

    I believe the standard pronouncement "That's BS!" is a misnomer: we should be saying "That's MS!" All hail the mites!!

  • @Microskopic
    @Microskopic 6 місяців тому +1

    I've searched and searched, yet I still can't find any Demodex 😔

    • @katiekane5247
      @katiekane5247 6 місяців тому

      You have to go deep enough for damp tissue. Hair follicles are a good spot. When you scrape a dog for Demodex, you have to get to the capillary level of the skin.

  • @AND-od5jt
    @AND-od5jt Місяць тому

    I know they can spread mold... but are any of those mites ACTUALLY harmful to humans?

  • @kailawkamo1568
    @kailawkamo1568 6 місяців тому +1

    one mite even call it a mitemare

  • @willthomsen7569
    @willthomsen7569 6 місяців тому

    See this stuff doesn’t even bother me. It’s not in MY cosmos. If you knew everything going on in every single cosmos you’d probably die, but you don’t do who cares? lol mites are tame compared to what’s really going on… probably

  • @Idkmanihatethis
    @Idkmanihatethis 6 місяців тому

    I clean my room pretty consistently but I never was able to clean under my bed for obvious reasons, and I know that there is a considerable amount of dust collected down there. Seeing this video makes me just wanna move my bed and clean- no burn it all down. But it’s currently 2am right now and I live in an apartment. Guess I’ll be having nightmares tonight.

  • @andyking957
    @andyking957 6 місяців тому

    Substancial proportion of any human are microbes inside. So what the fuss of few settlers staying outside. Dust mites might not cause of allergies ageinst their shit. They certainly were all around us in evolution. So what spiked allergies in human kind over all ? Overexposition to alot of different chemicals ?

  • @11er33.
    @11er33. 6 місяців тому

    I'm probably in the minority as my opinion is if it doesn't interfere with my life, It's welcome. Hell, if mosquitos didn't leave itchy saliva, and pass diseases, they can take as much as they need, I'll make more.

  • @Scavenger82
    @Scavenger82 5 місяців тому

    Some scientist: "Uh, Doctor? The mites seem to be dancing."
    Doctor: "Write that down, write that down!!"

  • @Alondro77
    @Alondro77 6 місяців тому

    The eyelash mites command me to destroy the world... I MUST OBEY!! @_____________@

  • @Bloomcycle
    @Bloomcycle 6 місяців тому

    I had pigeon's living under my porch and I noticed mites crawling on my cell phone. I washed everything and moved away from pigeon's

  • @seditt5146
    @seditt5146 6 місяців тому

    Are there dust mites that produce Webs? They are Arachnids. I know ones like Spider mites but what about others? Especially water born ones.

  • @Meganopteryx
    @Meganopteryx 6 місяців тому

    Look at those little guys just derping around, they're so happy. Sad that these cuties cause so many problems...

  • @danicaersland3686
    @danicaersland3686 3 місяці тому

    I'm horrendously allergic to everything outdoors, and not allergic to dust mites at all. They were so surprised they tested me twice. It's fantastic.

  • @pattiwicksteed3731
    @pattiwicksteed3731 6 місяців тому

    I heard somewhere that if we could clean our skin of all it's inhabitants, we would die because they have vital roles to play in skin wellness.... Fable or fact, anyone?

  • @jammbbs1688
    @jammbbs1688 5 місяців тому

    I'm going to seriously regret watching this and I might just have to take a bleach shower after but I must know knowledge!

  • @theexchipmunk
    @theexchipmunk 6 місяців тому

    I find demodex not really creepy. It´s just another lifeform living in or on us. We already are a good part other life. The sheer amount of microorganisms in and on us already is vast, so whats one more, even if it´s a little more complex than usual.

  • @eewilson9835
    @eewilson9835 6 місяців тому

    Before I watch, I was kicked out of my own home for speaking about mites. Be careful if you love the subject and open up to a knee jerk type.

  • @nhokonhokopuala
    @nhokonhokopuala 6 місяців тому

    It looks like la llorona with their long back legs. It's so beautiful ❤ i know... I know... Eeeeew... but the colors 🎉 all is so beautiful

  • @nopamineLevel100
    @nopamineLevel100 6 місяців тому

    Mites are amazing! I know some can be troublesome, but I like their company.

  • @atomaalatonal
    @atomaalatonal 6 місяців тому

    if you folks might think that this is the worst thing, you should know about what is living on or in your body your whole lifes hahaha. theres a nice video on the tube about this matter. but beware its terrorfactor 12- of 12

  • @TomMinnow
    @TomMinnow Місяць тому

    Hey its not their fault we're made of food and are big enough to be their homes.
    The way I see it, I have plenty of skin real estate to go around, especially since the only cost is my severe allergies but its not their fault I breathe in their shit lol

  • @Dog_gone_it
    @Dog_gone_it 6 місяців тому +1

    i immedietly started frantically cleaning my home after watching this.

  • @johnbillings5260
    @johnbillings5260 6 місяців тому

    Actually didn't mind this. Now if it were ticks... 🤢

  • @spockofdune8657
    @spockofdune8657 3 місяці тому

    I took tape and started applying it on my face and checking for mites under my microscope

  • @miguelgarciapoujol3127
    @miguelgarciapoujol3127 23 дні тому

    Mites are not the problem, but James and everyones diet and physical stress

  • @AND-od5jt
    @AND-od5jt Місяць тому

    20:28 Since "Milbenkäse" translates to "mite cheese" -- that's totally on you.
    I prefer my milk without mold, but 2 spoons of caocao and sugar...

    • @AND-od5jt
      @AND-od5jt Місяць тому

      p.s.: you (=customer)

  • @liraz2298
    @liraz2298 6 місяців тому

    Hey I think you spelled "might" wrong.

  • @chevyfish4028
    @chevyfish4028 4 місяці тому

    At 17:00 the water mite's eyes are shaped like hearts. I must say that it's endearing. 🔬

  • @thegodofhellfire
    @thegodofhellfire 6 місяців тому

    Now I'm holding my breathe, forever.