Acarão
A furry, invisible little critter that lives in mattresses, pillows and stuffed animals. His ‘dust’ floats in the air and makes your nose itch and sneeze.
Think you can beat me? Ask me anything about dirty air.
Acarão is a furry, cuddly and very, very tiny critter – so tiny that he is invisible to the naked eye! He loves to live in the coziest spots in our home, like mattresses, pillows, sofas and even your favorite stuffed animal.
Acarão is a relative of spiders and he is not exactly an evil villain, but he loves to leave a little dust – his ‘droppings’ – wherever he goes. The problem is that this dust loves to float in the air and, when we breathe it in, it can make our nose itch or give us that urge to sneeze, especially in people with allergies!
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