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Interesting find and read. Lice have been around for A LONG time!

Bronze Age comb reveals an ancient frustration with head lice | CNN A seven-word inscription discovered by accident on a 3,700-year-old lice comb is the oldest known sentence written in an alphabet, according to a new study.

Weekly head check reminder! 🎉

Did you know that using a lice comb is more accurate in detecting head lice when compared to visual screening?
But the type of comb used matters as well. It’s easy to see there no comparison between theirs and ours.

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The word “lice” is actually a blanket term for roughly 5000 different species of lice. Each one of these parasites are host specific. Animals and humans get their very own species of lice and they don’t transfer to each other.

Remember You get head lice from someone not somewhere and we promise that someone isn’t the family pet.

While we’ve shared this in the past it is one of favorite “lice” facts that kids really enjoy learning.
(Whale lice aren’t actual lice, they’re a type of shrimp)

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Fun Fact Friday:
Head lice need blood to survive and don't leave the food supply by choice. They cannot survive off the head for more than 24 hours and become dehydrated after approximately 12 hours.

Fun Fact Friday:
A head louse lives approximately 30 days after hatching.

"The time is always right to do what is right."
"We must learn to live together as brothers or we will perish together as fools."
-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Fun Fact Friday:
Head lice feed every 2-3 hours and eat blood only. Head lice can live in all types of hair and for any age.

Fun Fact Friday:
It takes 5-7 days for a nit to hatch after being laid. It takes a baby louse 7-10 days to become an adult.

Fun Fact Friday:
Adult female head lice lay 8-10 eggs a day. So they can multiply quickly!