I was reading the August issue of DISCOVER magazine and came upon some interesting facts about mosquitoes that i'm sure we wont/wont wanna know.
- There are more than 2500 varieties of mosquitoes (some entomologists claim 3000) whining from the Arctic tundra to the tropical rainforests. Where there is protein, there is mosquitoes.
- It would take 1,200,000 mosquitoes, each sucking once, to completely drain the average human blood. (the skin may be the largest organ, but how to fit 1mil+ mozzies lol)
- Once a feeding mosquito is full, a chemical signal shuts down the intake. When the signal is disabled in the lab, mosquitoes suck until they explode.
- It is hard to get upset about that. (lol)
- Millions of years ago, mosquitoes were 3 times as large as they are today.
- Eyes occupy most of the surface of a mosquitoe's head. Not eyes into which one might wish lovingly to peer, these compound-lensed organs deliver infrared images of heat patterns emanating from a body. Like the alien in Predator.
- Central America's so called Mosquito Coast (a thin strip of land along the Caribbean in Honduras and Nicaragua) is not named for the insect but after a mispronunciation of the indegenous Miskito Indians.
But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
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