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submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/science@mander.xyz
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[-] mech@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago

tl/dr for the data:

Blood meals consumed by 24 mosquitoes could be identified and were sourced from 18 humans, one amphibian, six birds, one canid, and one mouse.

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I thought birds eat mosquitos?

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Some birds species do. Others don't.

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

I wonder if this isn't the result of natural selection. As in: mosquitoes that are better at detecting humans have better odds of reproduction than the ones focusing on different prey. Perhaps it's attraction towards some molecules humans release into the air, or even to night lights.

[-] minorkeys@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Well..yeah. we're the only things left to hunt so the human hunting mosquitoes will do the best.

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