The humble demodex mite serves a lesson in dominance
The only insect to inhabit all seven continents
In urban areas and temperate climates, the mite abounds
But in every Earthly biome, demodex is sure to be found
From the lively lush rainforest to the desolate tundra
Through cold wind-swept Antarctica to the sun-soaked Sahara
In mountains and caves, swamp forests and shrubland
In China, Brazil, North Sentinal Island
At any given time, there's demodex in the ocean
In nuclear submarines, and the International Space Station
Surviving earthquakes, fires, radiation, and typhoons
Hell, demodex has even been to the moon!
These little mites have no special protection
No impenetrable shell, no regeneration
Nor the multiple copies of DNA for which Conan is famous
We only recently discovered that they have an anus!
So how did these weak mites get so many places?
Well, they live on human human faces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demodex_folliculorum
The humble demodex mite serves a lesson in dominance
The only insect to inhabit all seven continents
In urban areas and temperate climates, the mite abounds
But in every Earthly biome, demodex is sure to be found
From the lively lush rainforest to the desolate tundra
Through cold wind-swept Antarctica to the sun-soaked Sahara
In mountains and caves, swamp forests and shrubland
In China, Brazil, North Sentinal Island
At any given time, there's demodex in the ocean
In nuclear submarines, and the International Space Station
Surviving earthquakes, fires, radiation, and typhoons
Hell, demodex has even been to the moon!
These little mites have no special protection
No impenetrable shell, no regeneration
Nor the multiple copies of DNA for which Conan is famous
We only recently discovered that they have an anus!
So how did these weak mites get so many places?
Well, they live on human human faces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demodex_folliculorum