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Mosquitoes
- The chemical serotonin is in bananas and peanuts.
Mosquitoes like its scent. They drill people
who exude same.
- Might keep this in mind when you dress for that
backyard barbecue: Researchers say that mosquitoes
avoid yellows, oranges, and whites.
- A mosquito hunting for victims always flies into
the wind.
- Mosquitoes are attracted to some people more
than others. Favorite victims are people who are
warmer and damper than others. Mosquitos also prefer
blondes.
- Takes about three minutes from the mosquito bite
until the itch.
- The female mosquito can fly upside-down but the
male can't.
- Male mosquitoes are vegetarians.
- Mosquitoes have two sets of wings. Wouldn't be
able to fly with just one set.
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