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[-] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 13 points 2 days ago

Empirical studies show that yes, yes I am.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

My wife must be extra tasty. I might get one bite for every 20 she gets. I also rarely react to any mosquito bite. Just a small bump if anything.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I only get bitten in Montana. My sister is from Java and she lives there and doesn't get bitten. When we went back to Indonesia a couple months ago she got eaten alive and I watched two mosquitoes bite me and die. So funny how our chemical makeups are so wildly different.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

Your blood is poison to matin' bitches. Haha

[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

They also identify compounds in human sweat that increase biting behavior in mosquitoes as well as bitter compounds that suppress egg-laying and feeding behaviors...

Is that how anti-malarials like quinine work?

[-] Pulptastic@midwest.social 3 points 2 days ago
[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Tonic sodas are very popular where malaria is endemic.

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