ZONABANTEN.com – One question when we are outdoors in summer, where many mosquitoes attack you. Even though his close friend did not feel the mosquito bite.
The question arises, what exactly is going on with us and what distinguishes our neighbors from mosquito attacks?
Reported from the ANTARANEWS page, science tries to provide an explanation.
There are various factors that make a person more attractive to the mosquito, this winged blood-sucking beast.
According to an article published in Get Science, it explains that some people are more attractive to mosquitoes because of the higher levels of carbon dioxide emitted in heat and the color of clothing (darker colors are more attractive to mosquitoes than light colors).
However, from the many variations of mosquito attraction ultimately boils down to two factors, namely a person’s natural body odor and genetics.
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Mosquitoes are eager to attack, bite and suck blood for a practical reason i.e. only female mosquitoes bite humans and they do so to obtain protein from our blood to produce eggs.
To find their prey, female mosquitoes are equipped with special odor receptors that detect carbon dioxide and human scent.
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