The action of the story concerns a rogue elephant that has killed a Burmese man. The narrator finds the elephant standing peacefully in a field. He does not want to kill the elephant, but he knows the large crowd of people who have followed him to the field expect him to do it. He shoots the elephant several times.
The first thing to remember is head lice can not live off the human host for more than 48 hours. Also, lice do not have âfeetâ and can not travel well an smooth hard surfaces. Lice can not jump or fly. Nits/eggs need to be in a warm, dark, moist place to incubate.
Human Lice, Human History, & Archeogenetics. Lice are ubiquitous parasites on mammals and birds. There are at least 5,000 species of lice and each host species tends to have one louse species. Lice are adapted to usually only one host species and cannot survive long off its host. Ancient nit combs have been found in Egypt and look remarkable like the ones we use today. Each of our living ape relatives have one louse species, but humans have three.