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Which tiny arthropods, used in aging certain cheeses, can multiply so fast that their collective activity heats up aging caves?
Answer
Cheese mites
Cheese mites are deliberately introduced to some cheese rinds during aging, and their populations can grow so explosively that the heat from their activity threatens to overheat the aging space.
💡 Did you know?
Cheese mites can reproduce so rapidly that they generate enough heat to spontaneously warm aging caves to dangerous temperatures without external heating.
Other options people guess
- Fruit flies
- Woodlice
- Silverfish
Topics
- cheese
- science
- fermentation
- insects
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