Comments on: After a Nice Hot Blood Lunch, Mosquitoes Go Into Shock http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/26/after-a-nice-hot-blood-lunch-mosquitoes-go-into-shock/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Daniel J. Andrews http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/26/after-a-nice-hot-blood-lunch-mosquitoes-go-into-shock/#comment-26806 Daniel J. Andrews Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:34:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28408#comment-26806 Justmehere....I'm pretty sure that isn't true. I I have tried many many times over the years (I live in Northern Canada and I've been bitten so many times I've developed an immunity (i.e. I don't itch or swell) to pretty much all flying biting insects). Besides, they're not tapping into a vein or artery but a capillary where there won't be a huge surge of blood if you flex. I've also heard that if you tighten the skin around the biting skitter, it won't be able to withdraw and will keep on filling up till it pops. Never been able to do that either....they just get away with a load of my blood no matter how tight I pull the skin. Justmehere….I’m pretty sure that isn’t true. I I have tried many many times over the years (I live in Northern Canada and I’ve been bitten so many times I’ve developed an immunity (i.e. I don’t itch or swell) to pretty much all flying biting insects). Besides, they’re not tapping into a vein or artery but a capillary where there won’t be a huge surge of blood if you flex.

I’ve also heard that if you tighten the skin around the biting skitter, it won’t be able to withdraw and will keep on filling up till it pops. Never been able to do that either….they just get away with a load of my blood no matter how tight I pull the skin.

]]> By: Dave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/26/after-a-nice-hot-blood-lunch-mosquitoes-go-into-shock/#comment-26805 Dave Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:47:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28408#comment-26805 @byron:I don't know if hindering the breeding population of mosquitoes is a good idea. for all those little menaces do to us, they play a vital role in the food chain... But some sort of insecticide that makes us seem inert and devoid of blood (a trickery of the senses beyond the common bug spray) kind of like... Mosquito camo... That'd be something. @byron:I don’t know if hindering the breeding population of mosquitoes is a good idea. for all those little menaces do to us, they play a vital role in the food chain… But some sort of insecticide that makes us seem inert and devoid of blood (a trickery of the senses beyond the common bug spray) kind of like… Mosquito camo… That’d be something.

]]> By: byron http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/26/after-a-nice-hot-blood-lunch-mosquitoes-go-into-shock/#comment-26804 byron Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:33:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28408#comment-26804 now if they can find a way to make an insecticide that will keep the production down of hsp70 the world will beat a path to there door. i know i would be in line, fewer eggs mean fewer Mosquitoes. now if they can find a way to make an insecticide that will keep the production down of hsp70 the world will beat a path to there door. i know i would be in line, fewer eggs mean fewer Mosquitoes.

]]> By: TheCritic http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/26/after-a-nice-hot-blood-lunch-mosquitoes-go-into-shock/#comment-26803 TheCritic Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:11:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28408#comment-26803 I agree yurt. That'd be good. I, also, hope it helps us to deal with mosquitoes and better ways to kill them. I agree yurt. That’d be good.

I, also, hope it helps us to deal with mosquitoes and better ways to kill them.

]]> By: Yurtdışı Eğitim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/26/after-a-nice-hot-blood-lunch-mosquitoes-go-into-shock/#comment-26802 Yurtdışı Eğitim Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:46:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28408#comment-26802 Interesting article...Seems like every living organism has something to teach us...I hope it will be useful for producing a medicine for patients with dangerous fever situations... Interesting article…Seems like every living organism has something to teach us…I hope it will be useful for producing a medicine for patients with dangerous fever situations…

]]> By: fintin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/26/after-a-nice-hot-blood-lunch-mosquitoes-go-into-shock/#comment-26801 fintin Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:31:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28408#comment-26801 They probably die if the host has a fever. I just wish we could find a way for mosquitos to stay away from humans. They probably die if the host has a fever. I just wish we could find a way for mosquitos to stay away from humans.

]]> By: Justmehere http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/26/after-a-nice-hot-blood-lunch-mosquitoes-go-into-shock/#comment-26800 Justmehere Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:20:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28408#comment-26800 @Mothammed Actually, I heard somewhere that if you flex your arm or wherever the mosquito is that the pressure from the blood flowing to that region will instantly kill the mosquito. @Mothammed
Actually, I heard somewhere that if you flex your arm or wherever the mosquito is that the pressure from the blood flowing to that region will instantly kill the mosquito.

]]> By: Mothammad http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/26/after-a-nice-hot-blood-lunch-mosquitoes-go-into-shock/#comment-26799 Mothammad Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:10:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28408#comment-26799 I wish they'd pass out... or combust spontaneously. I wish they’d pass out… or combust spontaneously.

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