ScienceDaily (Apr. 25, 2011) — Mosquitoes make proteins to help them handle the stressful spike in body temperature that's prompted by their hot blood meals, a new study has found. The mosquito's eating pattern is inherently risky: Taking a blood meal involves finding warm-blooded hosts, avoiding detection, penetrating tough skin and evading any host immune response, not to mention the slap of a human hand. Until now, the stress of the hot blood meal itself has been overlooked, researchers say.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110425153635.htm
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April 25, 2011 01:32PM |
April 25, 2011 04:46PM |
Yeh, right. I feel for them.
April 25, 2011 04:49PM |
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tomdisco
Yeh, right. I feel for them.
I'd love to make my blood poisonous for them.
April 25, 2011 05:07PM |
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eeek
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tomdisco
Yeh, right. I feel for them.
I'd love to make my blood poisonous for them.
Be sympathetic, they are merely Mother Nature's way to help you control your blood pressure.
(Otherwise, you would have to carry along/find some leeches.)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/2011 05:13PM by szalkowski.
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