Subj : Re: Chiggers
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 01:03:54

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

John Iwaniszek wrote:

> Excuse me.  "Chigras".
> 
> 
> I am chigger-bit up one side and down the other.  I have never
> been this afflicted in my life.  
> 
> The weird thing about chiggers is that they are not evolved to
> feed off of humans.  Their natural prey are birds and reptiles,
> and thier saliva developed to anesthetize the animal's skin
> against the irritation of being disolved and sipped by a micron
> sized arthropod.  Being able to irritate the living hell out of
> humans is just gravy. 


I hate those little buggers.

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