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bedbugs come from chickens?

Huh. I thought bed bugs exclusively fed on humans. I feel great sympathy for those chickens.

No. They have spread to farms after becoming more widespread around the world among humans, it seems.

Horrible creatures.

The chickens don’t just eat them?

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Do bed bugs disappear on their own? Otherwise, shouldn't they spread much more easily and take iver world considering how easily they can migrate

Can this be used for infestations among human dwellings too?

What makes you think they’re not taking over the world?

They haven't yet.

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