Oh, no—Mary found Ed Yong’s post about mosquito bites.
We live in Minnesota. We try to forget these things.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Oh, no—Mary found Ed Yong’s post about mosquito bites.
We live in Minnesota. We try to forget these things.
Damn. Saw that post, had failed to read it.
Strangely, I don’t get mosquitoes like I used to. I actually enjoy this little thing when it is brought to mind. Hate them.
Too bad “immunizing” against their saliva didn’t stop them. Because that would be amazing.
Blackflies are worse.
Fascinating!
This is how we know that if god does exist he is evil.
Mosquitoes are evil creatures that love me.
A female is nonconsensually taking someone’s bodily fluids in order to reproduce.
PZ, this sort of explicit interspecies rape picture needs to come with a trigger warning
A cousin who lives in Minnesota insists that the mosquito is the state bird and that mosquitoes in his part of the state think of DEET as a condiment
Damn right, @machintelligence! You neglect to salute those suckers at your peril. Clobbering one with a brick will only make it more ornery, and won’t slow down the rest of the swarm. You can let them carry off a pet or child in your place, though the sacrifice will buy you little time. Best bet is to avoid provocation altogether (try not to exhale in their presence).
Sitting here, scratching five mosquito bites (one on my cheek bone!), I’m finding it hard to resist the temptation to slap the crap out of that picture. Bees won’t sting me, but mosquitos love me.
Our Mosquitoes Are Different ought to be a TV Trope…
anuran, you are not being funny.
Four minutes? How can that be? I swear I can feel it biting me before it has even started. And then it is one dead skeeter. Maybe this is why I have no bites. They must know I have secret powers.
Aaaaaah!
Killitkillitkillitkillitkillit!!!
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David, and you’re being a twit. That joke originally came from a group of female (and feminist) entomologists.
Oh good. I’m not the only one who found that joke to be….less than kosher.
I recall reading somewhere that in reality Earth is a habitat set up by aliens to protect the endangered species the mosquito. We’re just here for food.