On the tiny scale of these organisms, it seems the forces that matter are clearly different, because the mass scales down faster than the surface area. Forces proportional to mass (gravity) fall off quicker than others (air resistance, electrostatic charge).
If folks knew just how many people had pinworms, they'd remain indoors. The nasty fuckers (or their eggs) can stick to dust particles and land on sandwiches and such. A motivated fart can propel them.
Denmark comes to mind, with an abnormally high infection rate. Then there be all the other worms. Had I time to consider things before it happened, I might have elected to stay unborn. Just too many worms for me to take this place seriously.
Really interesting find...
On the tiny scale of these organisms, it seems the forces that matter are clearly different, because the mass scales down faster than the surface area. Forces proportional to mass (gravity) fall off quicker than others (air resistance, electrostatic charge).
Ticks jump onto their hosts with static electricity too
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098222...
If folks knew just how many people had pinworms, they'd remain indoors. The nasty fuckers (or their eggs) can stick to dust particles and land on sandwiches and such. A motivated fart can propel them.
Denmark comes to mind, with an abnormally high infection rate. Then there be all the other worms. Had I time to consider things before it happened, I might have elected to stay unborn. Just too many worms for me to take this place seriously.