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*Health Questions>>>Other - General Health Care Questions>>>Why do Mosquitoes bite some people and ignore others? - Health Questions |
Question Is it the way we smell, or the softness of our skin? Best Answer Mosquitoes use their antennas in order to detect odors in the air. They are even able to detect CO2 levels in the air and home on its source. Since humans produce CO2 constantly, mosquitoes are able to detect their location without much effort. The mixture of body odor actually makes a mosquitoes prefer one person over the other. So the answer to your first question is: yes. Regarding the softness of the skin: once a mosquitoe located a 'good smelling' human it will land on it and try to locate a soft part of the body where the skin is rather thin because the mosquitoe must insert its beak in order to pump blood out of a vein. I would guess (this is my own private opinion) that the mosquito has a way of feeling the heat of the human body. Since patches of thin skin are also close to the veins, their area should be warmer. But again - it is possible that the mosquito simply tries some skin areas before it is successful. hope this helps in any way :-) Others It's your pheromones.... Funny you should ask that because I have only been bitten since I stopped drinking alcohol. They never bothered me before. think its summat to do with different types of blood not too sure what though! i must have mosquito repelent blood coz i rarely get bit! SOme people are tastier than others. it's not your buisness its her buisness and it is free lol I think it has to do with your pheremones and what amounts of garlic you eat. |
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