All substances take up the least amount of volume in their (1.) solid phase, a little more volume in their (2.) liquid phase, and the largest amount of volume in their (3.) gas phase. The closer atoms or molecules get to one another, the less volume is occupied by the substance that they comprise.
A large, retrospective series examining human bite wounds in children found that none of the bites manifesting as abrasions became infected, while the rate of infection was much higher in bite wounds that caused punctures or lacerations.
Symptoms of Bird Mite Bites. Humans will rarely see the culprit, but the effects of a bird mite will take place shortly after the initial bite. People have described the bite location to look like a bullâs-eye on a dartboard; a small pinprick hole will be dark red and fade outward in a circular pattern.