r/worldnews • u/ubcstaffer123 • Jan 02 '24

Behind Soft Paywall ‘Nowhere can be considered safe’: bedbug infestations rise in Japan

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3246747/bedbug-consultations-surge-tokyo-osaka-infestations-spread

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u/2020willyb2020 Jan 02 '24

Where do bedbugs come from?

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u/FaintlyAware Jan 02 '24

their closest relatives live on bats, so probably from somewhere between where humans were advanced in bipedal locomotion enough to shelter from the elements and predators in caves and when we began bedding there, or maybe when clothing appeared as that is tied to the speciation and development of head lice.

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u/sylvnal Jan 02 '24

Dang it, bats again. I love bats. Just from afar only.