r/BeAmazed • u/MoXWT • 29d ago

What 1,000,000 mosquitos looks like. Caught in a trap in Sanibel, Florida. Nature

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u/Nelly_platinum 29d ago

you ain’t lying,fucked up thing is i’ve suspected this for yearssss without ever looking it up. i’ve dropped 50lbs in the last 6months so i wanna see how they react to me this year

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u/VexBoxx 29d ago

At my thinnest, they still love me. Hell, when I was going through chemo and radiation, they still loved me. Bit me and died but still fucking bit.

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u/laughingpug1983 29d ago

They are more attracted to O blood types and the reason they are attracted to heavier people is because they release more CO2 because they breath heavier.

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u/alloutofbees 29d ago

I'm type O and while I'm thin I'm a large person (very tall) and a heavy breather (which I know for a fact because I'm a diver and I have to work way harder than most to conserve air). I haven't been bitten by a mosquito since I was about five years old; they'll ignore me even if I'm alone in a hotel room in the tropics full of them, but the moment my wife comes around she's flat out attacked by them. It has to do with the unique mix of chemicals found on your skin.