These Lice Dive Kilometers Under the Ocean!

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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/
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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
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