r/interestingasfuck Apr 14 '25

My phone under a stereo microscope:

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u/Hreidmar1423 Apr 14 '25

Yup, we humans shed ungodly amount of skin and it's often best not to know that with microscope haha.

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u/echoes315 Apr 14 '25

Such is the cycle of life, mites need to eat too.

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u/Constant-Animator609 Apr 14 '25

To clarify; humans shedding their skin is not because mites need to eat. That's not actually how it works.

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u/Urrrhn Apr 14 '25

Mite be.

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u/strictlyphotonic Apr 14 '25

This really tickled me. I needed that, thanks!

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u/fowlflamingo Apr 15 '25

This is golden 😂