Because more and more people are opting to go bare "down there" -- a 2011 study revealed that up to 80 percent of all college-aged men and women had removed some or all of their pubic hair at least once -- the tiny, pubic-dwelling insects have nowhere to "live." And without a host to feed on, the bugs' breeding cycle has been interrupted, and lice populations are plummeting.

"The 'habitat destruction' of the pubic lice is increasing and they are becoming an endangered species," Janet Wilson, a consultant in sexual health, told Bloomberg News.

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