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Mosquitoes, the only creatures that won't trigger our "stop doing experiments on them" sense. Behold the greedy gluttons pop like balloons and keep at it anywa
by falsaberN1 3y ago
Mosquitoes, the only creatures that won't trigger our "stop doing experiments on them" sense.
Behold the greedy gluttons pop like balloons and keep at it anyway. With the vast intellect of a cloud, nothing in their minuscule brain cell find anything odd about the fact that they are getting flooded in "food". Even if the nerves of the abdomen are severed, they are ignoring every other movement and stimuli, gotta chug.
- thaumasiotes 3y ago> nothing in their minuscule brain cell find anything odd about the fact that they are getting flooded in "food". Mosquitos don't eat blood. It's not food.
- justsomehnguy 3y ago> The adult females of most species have tube-like mouthparts (called a proboscis) that can pierce the skin of a host and feed on blood, which contains protein and iron needed to produce eggs. Thousands of mosquito species feed on the blood of various hosts — vertebrates, including mammals, birds [..] > Males typically live for about 5–7 days, feeding on nectar and other sources of sugar. After obtaining a full blood meal, the female will rest for a few days while the blood is digested and eggs are developed. I live on Earth-32453, where are you from?