Mosquito biting activity increases 500 times during a full moon phase, and they prefer blondes with smelly feet
Mosquitoes appear to prefer blonde people with smelly feet. Did you see the moon last night? Got mosquito spray? Mosquito biting activity increases 500 times during a full moon phase! There are more striking facts in this video excerpt from National Geographic.
The video is part of the Amazing Animals YouTube playlist by National Geographic:
Related reading:
Mosquitoes 'lured by body odor genes' - BBC, 2015 http://buff.ly/1HvP831
Medical Geek Humor on Twitter
The tweets below are part of the series Medical Geek Humor on Twitter - they recall a TED moment from 2009:
@loic Bill Gates released mosquitoes at #TED we're all leaving the room and getting sick
@stevewhitaker Don't worry about the buggy mosquitos Gates released at #ted. Microsoft's working on a patch that's due out next year.
AllergyNotes Releasing mosquitoes by Bill Gates into a startled crowd at TED described as "an amazing TED moment" http://is.gd/iu0o
AllergyNotes Gates spreads malaria message with mosquitoes http://tinyurl.com/cxwo2e
pyknosis Nice to hear Bill Gates picked up a hobby during his retirement: entomology. http://is.gd/izJn (Not surprised he likes the blood-suckers.)
pyknosis Don't get me wrong. Not saying B Gates is a bad person. He's not. He just created and championed software that can suck the life out of you.
pyknosis BTW, now that I understand the context, I think this is a winner of a tweet: http://is.gd/izK5
Comments from Twitter:
Vijay @scanman: Mosquitoes are mini-vampires
Tariq @ucisee: Mosquito biting activity increases 500 times during a full moon phase - "appear to pref blonde with smelly feet."
Kathy Mackey @mkmackey: Ha! No one likes full moon!
The video is part of the Amazing Animals YouTube playlist by National Geographic:
Related reading:
Mosquitoes 'lured by body odor genes' - BBC, 2015 http://buff.ly/1HvP831
Medical Geek Humor on Twitter
The tweets below are part of the series Medical Geek Humor on Twitter - they recall a TED moment from 2009:
@loic Bill Gates released mosquitoes at #TED we're all leaving the room and getting sick
@stevewhitaker Don't worry about the buggy mosquitos Gates released at #ted. Microsoft's working on a patch that's due out next year.
AllergyNotes Releasing mosquitoes by Bill Gates into a startled crowd at TED described as "an amazing TED moment" http://is.gd/iu0o AllergyNotes Gates spreads malaria message with mosquitoes http://tinyurl.com/cxwo2e pyknosis Nice to hear Bill Gates picked up a hobby during his retirement: entomology. http://is.gd/izJn (Not surprised he likes the blood-suckers.) pyknosis Don't get me wrong. Not saying B Gates is a bad person. He's not. He just created and championed software that can suck the life out of you. pyknosis BTW, now that I understand the context, I think this is a winner of a tweet: http://is.gd/izK5 Comments from Twitter:
Vijay @scanman: Mosquitoes are mini-vampires
Tariq @ucisee: Mosquito biting activity increases 500 times during a full moon phase - "appear to pref blonde with smelly feet."
Kathy Mackey @mkmackey: Ha! No one likes full moon!