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Head lice are oviparous parasites, and also the female can lay less than 150 eggs or nits within its three to four-week life. Given a 59% chance of love and fertility and a survival rate of 51%, six mated pairs can spawn around 270 new lice. Assuming that 43% are female, and employing the same rate of love and fertility and survival, this means a potential colony of 5,255 lice after a short one-week maturation period. What's more, it does not help that adult lice tend to…