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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

And how shaving, waxing etc has made pubic lice an endangered species

[–] Melt@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nice, how do we extinct bed bugs?

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 22 points 9 months ago

Shave and wax your bed, obviously

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

#NoPleaseDoNot

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There are people volunteering to "house" pubic lice to keep them from going extinct.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't support all forms of biodiversity

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Same. An uncomfortable and embarrassing parasite that preys only on humans isn't exactly like wolves or the European Honey Bee.

Every species on earth except the lice themselves will be either better off or completely unaffected if they go extinct.