What Happens to Your Body When a Mosquito Bites You
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Published 2019-08-17
Mosquitos are ancient critters thought to have evolved between 50 and 100 million years ago. And they proved to be a highly adaptable species. Except for Antarctica, they live on all continents in a variety of climates. There are about 3,000 different species of mosquitos all around the world. Btw, did you know that not all mosquitos suck blood? Only females drink blood, while male specimen feed solely on nectar. The good news is, you can tell the difference between the two!
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TIMESTAMPS:
Why they are a miracle of nature 1:00
Mean female mosquitos 😖 1:55
A mosquito’s life 3:09
How do they find you? 4:17
How mosquitos suck blood (some of them have teeth! 😬) 6:22
Do they use anesthesia? Really? 7:00
Btw, why do they need blood? 8:05
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SUMMARY:
- You can tell the difference between the two! Male mosquitos are a bit smaller than females. And if you see one nearby with fancy-looking feathered antennae, don’t rush to smack it just yet – it’s a male and it won’t bite you no matter what.
- A mosquito’s lifespan is only about a month or two. Well, that’s for the females. The guys live a lot shorter: around 2 weeks.
- You shouldn’t have any standing water near your house if you don’t want a mosquito invasion!
- Contrary to popular belief, mosquitos don’t search for their prey looking for lights. To be fair, there aren’t many species that prefer human blood at all.
- They have a variety of methods, but they mostly use scent. More specifically, they’re sniffing for your body heat and the one thing every living breathing thing produces constantly: carbon dioxide, or CO2.
- Mosquitos can remember the scent of a particularly aggressive prey and avoid it completely for 24 hours. That means, if a mosquito tries to bite you and you decide to brush it off or swat at it, it’ll probably choose someone else to bite next!
- They stick not 1 but 6 needles in you! Some of those have razor-sharp teeth that cut through the skin.
- The mosquito injects its saliva immediately after it bites you. The saliva consists of more than 100 different components, most of which are these organic substances called enzymes.
- There are also other components used like a local anesthesia.
- Females need blood to develop eggs. More specifically, she needs loads of protein and iron, which blood happens to be rich in.
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All Comments (21)
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Hey there, BrightSiders! Do u remember the time you got bitten by mosquitos severely?
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I squashed a mosquito against my room wall and left its body their as a warning to all other insects. They have not troubled me since
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Me: Watching youtube Mosquito: lands on my arm Me: I'm about to end this woman's whole career.
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Nobody: Me: Scratching my whole body while watching this video
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Title: What happens to your body when a mosquito bites you? Proceeds to tell the whole biological history
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Me: going to sleep.. Mousqitou: Lemme help him sleep with playing the national song of mousqitous using my wings
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Mosquitoes at day: Nothing Mosquitoes at night: Jet Turbo Engine
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I get inside my blanket and cover myself from head to feet😂
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Me watching that: interesting The mosquito on my arm: interesting
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Mosquitoes: gotta find a place for my eggs Mosquitoes: gets killed mission failed
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At night when I hear a mosquito I cover my whole body with my beds blankets
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Bright Side: “Don’t live by a body of water if you don’t want a mosquito invasion.” Me who lives in a lake house: 👁👄👁
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Secret use vanilla extract in water & spray it on you skin because mosquito's can't out stand vanilla extract . Hope this TIP was helpful =)
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Nobody: Me: scratching throughout the whole video
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People everywhere: everyone has been bit by a mosquito once in their life People in Antartica: You make me laugh
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ok but do you really think that at 2 in the morning im going to spend an extra 5 minutes seeing if the bug that is on my arm has fluffy antennas for not?
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you can get rid of the itch by gently heating the spot where they bit you :)
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Bright Side: Don’t swat Male Mosquitoes, they don’t bite. Me: But they mate with females, which make kids that bite. Soooo....
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"Mosquitoes can adapt anywhere except Antartica" Me: *packs suitcases with winter coats
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Every summer i stay inside if a bug comes in my house I'm saying bye bye to that house 🤣
