SUMMER IS THE SEASON FOR FEASTING ON HUMAN BLOOD
Nov 18, 2020
2 minutes
By Lise Tønner, Lars Thomas & Henrik Vinther Nielsen
Bloodsucker plunges needles into your skin
Each time you swat a bloodthirsty mosquito, you’re destroying a perfect little machine.
When a female mosquito is ready to develop eggs, she needs blood. For this purpose the mosquito has developed a proboscis that consists of a sheath surrounding a collection of needles. The mosquito presses on the needles and vibrates its
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