mosquitos find me delicious

mosquitoever been in a situation where you were bitten a lot by mosquitos but your friends around you were never bitten? me too! turns out i’m hella flavorful to mosquitos. no really. be sure to read the post titled Why some people are prone to mosquito bites on the telegraph.uk. quoting the article: Specific cells in one of the three organs that make up the mosquito’s nose are tuned to identify the different chemicals that make up human body odour. To the mosquito some people’s sweat simply smells better than others because of the proportions of the carbon dioxide, octenol and other compounds that make up body odour. awesome! this research will more than likely lead to developing a new generation of repellents that stop or prevent a mosqito’s nose from ever smelling (and thus detecting)a human. wow.

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3 Responses to “mosquitos find me delicious”


  1. 1 JAMIE

    I’ve been visiting your blog every day for two months… only to find that mosquitoes like you…

    New post please!

  2. 2 a conundrummer in the band called lifepuzzler

    You know what it’d be REALLY great to see a post about? The exciting new 3D animated show “Xavier: Renegade Angel” that premieres on [adult swim] this sunday night at midnight - I hear it’s ABSOLUTELY MIND-BLOWING!

    I bet people would LOVE to read all about that…

  3. 3 giantmonster

    okay, okay. i get it.
    my computer and much of everything else i own is in storage while i prep/stage my house. but this weekend i am home and not working. and i have the flu! and i have a laptop! so i will do my best to accommodate.
    and what is this i hear about Xavier? A Renegade Angel, you say? Oh that renegade angel! yes, of course ….
    xavier - renegade angel!

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