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You see this tape on our foreheads?
Sorry I wasn't ready I didn't know we were going to do it right there OK
You see this tape on our foreheads?
It's part of a challenge that you can do!
It's called the Face Mite Challenge!
Get excited for science Woo!
Hey everybody Coma Niddy You know me
I'm too loud Let me bring it down a little bit
(rap) Yo!
I got this piece of tape And with this piece of tape
I'm finding mites on my face Mites on my face?
Yeah!
Mites on my face I used this piece of tape
To find mites on my face You see that mite over there?
That was on my face I used a piece of tape
To find mites on my face (rap ends) But the crazy thing
is that these mites don't just live on your face
they live all over your body So we're looking for mites
in other places than your faces that they're calling their home bases
Um (mumbles) If you're feeling adventurous
you can even do your groin throwing it out there
It's true they have found mites in groins interesting study
I'll put the link in the doobly doo To get started with the face mite challenge
it's really simple and Tina And so now we have a challenge for ourselves
We're going to do the challenge But also talk about the science
while getting taped up Oh no here it goes
Face mites they we have two species that live on us or in us
We have demodex (mumbles) Folliculorum is what he meant to say
And demodex brevis And also these mites don't just live on people
It's believed that some of them might live on just about every mammal
So that brings us to an interesting challenge So that challenge is
What mite might that mite be?
Oh my goodness So I'm going to name a mite
and you have to name the animal That it lives on
Alright oh!
Okay Okay
We have demodex catis Oh that one's easy
Catis!
It belongs to a feline! A cat!
Correct!
Awesome.
I'm feeling bold give me another one!
How about demodex hmmm canis Canis aw I know this one too
Canine dog Correct and fun fact
Demodex brevis one of the mites that lives on us
may have branched off from demodex canis Oh so it's because we share our domociles
with our pups and like get cozy with them and we share our mites in the process?
Might be possible Feels really awkward now that we're doing
this I'll give you one more
Demodex Ursi or ursi Ursi that makes me think of Ursula minor constellation
Bear?
Oooh.
I'm going to give you half points for that because it's Ursa minor not Ursula minor
(rap) Got mites on my body Got mites on my body
Got mites on my body And so does everybody (rap ends)
So the interesting thing about mites Is that they're a normal part of your skin
but when they become over abundant When there's a large number of them
They can cause problems Like uh rosacea or breatharitis
Breatharitus Blepharitis is the inflammation of the eye
lids so if there's like too many mites your
immune system is like hold up hold up hold up
I didn't let this many people in the building Step one of face mite challenge complete
With uh movie magic we're going to see what we might find on the tape after
a considerable amount of time amount of time
amount of time amount of time
Ah!
I found one!
This is so awesome I found one! (applause)
No way!
Oh way!
Look it's chubby!
It's a little one I wonder if it's demodex brevis
Oh my gosh Mike come look!
I'd like to thank my chihuahua Henry (rap)
Mites on my face Mites on my face
Mites on my face I used a piece of tape
To find mites on my face (rap ends)
Hi!
How many mites did you find on you?
Zero How about me?
Lots! (sings) I got the mites
I got the mites!
(rap) Mites on my face Mites on my face
Mites on my face Didn't find any mites on Trina's face!
Haha!