Description:

Flung again into the micro-dimensions, we meet up unexpectedly with another traveller, the head louse. Man's constant companion as evidenced by ancient peruvian mummies, this insect has happily adapted to the modern life! The hooks on the six legs are designed for grasping hair and allow rapid movement on and between heads. The small circles visible on the outer rim of the body are part of the breathing apparatus. Highly successful, preferring clean hair, adaptable to hair colour and thickness and increasingly resistant to pesticides, this thoroughly modern parasite is only kept at bay by vigilance and a bug-busting comb. Think we are safe in Milton from this cosmopolitan bloodsucker? Like the rest of the Earth, I'm afraid not!!

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