Deep Look: These Face Mites Really Grow on You

Discussion

Face mites eat sebum, the greasy oil that your skin makes to keep it from drying out, but we don't even realize they're there! This relationship could be considered an example of commensalism, a type of relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected. Some biologists reject the concept of commensalism, insisting that every interaction must have an effect on both involved, even if it's ever so slight. In an interaction between two organisms, do you think it is possible for one to be completely unaffected?

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Create a meme that demonstrates the effects (or non-effects) of a face mite on humans.