A mosquito walks into a bar...Bartender: What would you like? Mosquito: A bloody Mary
Fun Fact of the week
Those last couple beers at your summer cookout might make you more delicious to mosquitoes!
Studies from Japan and West Africa showed that beer consumption made the volunteers more attractive to mosquitoes. Although beer consumption is associated with higher frequency of mosquitoes landing on your skin, these studies found that increased alcohol content in your sweat or CO2 in your breath did not correlate with the volunteers' increased attractiveness to mosquitoes. The exact cause of why mosquitoes are more drawn to you after a few brewskies is still up for debate.
Sidenote:
Twenty+ years later, I've just got this joke from Pixar. He* ordered Bloody Mary O+ !!! Ok not that I would know what a bloody Mary was when I was a preteen.
*Let's not get into the details of the fact that only female mosquitoes drink blood. That's for another post ;)
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| Don't for get to bring mosquito repellent to your next summer bbq. Photo by KaLisa Veer on Unsplash |
Studies from Japan and West Africa showed that beer consumption made the volunteers more attractive to mosquitoes. Although beer consumption is associated with higher frequency of mosquitoes landing on your skin, these studies found that increased alcohol content in your sweat or CO2 in your breath did not correlate with the volunteers' increased attractiveness to mosquitoes. The exact cause of why mosquitoes are more drawn to you after a few brewskies is still up for debate.
Sidenote:
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| A Bug's Life. Pixar Picture |
*Let's not get into the details of the fact that only female mosquitoes drink blood. That's for another post ;)
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