First it was dinosaurs. Then it was the dodo. And now, no, can it be? Yes ladies, things aren’t looking great for pubic lice.
The crab-shaped insects that have dwelled in the groin since the beginning of man, are slowly disappearing.
‘What on earth could be the reason for yet another species becoming endangered,’ we hear you say. Bikini waxing.
Professionals blame the increasing “habitat destruction” of the pubic lice as the reason they’re becoming “endangered species”.
We know what you’re thinking, we didn’t rea-lice either, (we’re not sorry for that one).
According to Bloomberg, waning infestations of the bloodsuckers have been linked by doctors to pubic depilation.
In the U.S. more than 80% of college students remove all or some of their pubic hair.
While in the land down under, Sydney’s main sexual health clinic hasn’t seen a woman with pubic lice since 2008.
“It used to be extremely common; it’s now rarely seen,” said Basil Donovan, a physician at the Sydney Sexual Health Centre and head of sexual health at the University of New South Wales.
“Without doubt, it’s better grooming.” We’ll take his word on it, because he seems like a man that would know.
Cue: environmental disaster.
Ian F. Burgess, a medical entomologist with Insect Research & Development Ltd. in Cambridge, England explained that, “pubic grooming has led to a severe depletion of crab louse populations.
“Add to that other aspects of body hair depilation, and you can see an environmental disaster in the making for this species.”
Think of the crabs, ladies. Why won’t someone think of the crabs?!
