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Researchers found 2,368 unique species of bacteria after swabbing just 60 belly buttons, according to a report in The Atlantic. Of these, 1,458 may have been completely new to science. In this same study, one man's belly button was found to be home to bacteria previously known to exist only in the soil of Japan. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/08/personal-hygiene-facts_n_4217839.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
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People are so anti-bacterial that it makes us sick by removing the good bacteria. This is an interesting read:
Our bodies are an entire ecosystem of microbes. Without bacteria we could not exist as we are now. Heres another good article describing that the formerly believed "useless" appendix actually acts as a bacteria safe house that helps to sustain...
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sustain and replenish the good bacteria in our bodies.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-10-10/scientists-discover-true-function-of-appendix-organ/693946
Its very interesting because some of these rare and completely unique species of bacteria could very well be another form of evolution. We are born with bacteria passed on by our parents and the bacteria we grow on and in our bodies are just as unique to ourselves as our own white blood cells and antibodies.
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BAH My belly button probably houses things that haven't been around for centuries! Dino DNA yo!
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