Does anyone know if there is any proof of wether or not bugs, miscroscopic or otherwise, are likely to enter your mouth while sleeping if its open?

Ive tried googling and can only find forum questions with random responses

I dont find it likely with movement and the rythm of your breathing, but someone swears it happens to pretty much everyone.

/random

5/16/2007 1:46:21 PM

if it happens, and you don't know about it.

why care?

5/16/2007 1:50:51 PM

let me pose this question to you

if somehow bugs did get in your mouth when you're sleeping, and if you were aware of this and therefore slept with your mouth closed, why wouldnt the bugs just go in your nose

5/16/2007 1:51:45 PM

not saying it matters, and it doesnt bother me

just seeing if anyone maybe has a link or any more extended information on it.

5/16/2007 1:55:03 PM

the average person will swallow 8 spiders within their life while sleeping


so to answer your question, yes it's possible

5/16/2007 1:57:25 PM

i swallowed bugs while i was running/cycling before. it's not the end of the world.

5/16/2007 1:59:30 PM

protein!

5/16/2007 2:00:19 PM

^^^I've heard that was just an urban myth.

From the Mythbusters website:


[/quote]Aren't you glad this one isn't true? Despite what you may have heard, there is no evidence that spiders secretly crawl into our mouths while we are sleeping. Hard as it may be for arachnophobes to believe, most spiders are more wary of us than we are of them. Even if you were lying perfectly still, your breathing would scare it off, so a spider is unlikely to hang out around your mouth.

We hate to break this to you, but you probably unwittingly consume more spiders when you are awake — in your food. The Food and Drug Administration guidelines indicate a certain level of whole insects or parts are acceptable in some food products, such as those containing fruits or vegetable[quote]

[Edited on May 16, 2007 at 2:18 PM. Reason : -]

5/16/2007 2:07:43 PM

i'm sure microscopic bugs do...there's microscopic bugs crawling on your eyelashes right now

yum

5/16/2007 2:36:00 PM

this one time ... in band camp ... this guy stuck his dick in this other guys mouth while he was sleeping.

5/16/2007 2:43:42 PM

if they can make it through the drool im sure they can crawl in my mouth

5/16/2007 2:53:05 PM

http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.htm

5/16/2007 3:29:38 PM

Quote :

"We hate to break this to you, but you probably unwittingly consume more spiders when you are awake — in your food. The Food and Drug Administration guidelines indicate a certain level of whole insects or parts are acceptable in some food products, such as those containing fruits or vegetable"

mmmmmmmmm

5/16/2007 3:46:36 PM

Centipedes? In my vagina?

5/16/2007 4:15:11 PM