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ah, the species, awkward yet blameless...



"It is important for the human race to spread out into space for the survival of the species," Hawking said. "Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global warming, nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of."

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cf:

filthy little bipeds

"we have caused our own destruction. The new world is
now old. Go forth & plunder the cosmos brave
colonists."

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drive on to new old worlds, the demodex in our eyelashes demand it of us, we are merely the vehicle species! "your own mites..." filthy bipeds indeed!


...The demodex mite is a tiny parasitic mite which lives around human hair follicles, particularly those of the eyelashes and eyebrows
...An estimated 96-98% of all people carry such mites - with up to 25 in each follicle, each person can have a potentially huge population of mites.
...It is quite easy to look for your own demodex mites, by carefully removing an eyelash or eyebrow hair and placing it under a microscope.
...Interestingly, the mite's digestive system is so efficient and results in so little waste that there is no excretory orifice.

*a model of efficency!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demodex_mite