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How Many Mosquito Bites Would It Take to Kill You
Outdoors or something or other ^
| July 1 2014
| Matt Heid
Posted on 06/03/2021 6:22:38 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76
I seem to remember some horror flick from years ago about giant mosquitos that would suck you dry in one go. I forget the name of the movie though.
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:25:00 PM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
To: SamAdams76
Salt marsh mosquitoes have been known to kill cattle due to the huge swarms
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:25:14 PM PDT
by
rstrahan
To: EvilCapitalist
I'm strangely comforted by the fact that it would take at least 200,000 mosquito bites at one time to kill me.
I've gotten as many as 37 mosquito bites in a night while camping outdoors.
So not even close to death although I had a lot of itchy bumps on my skin.
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:27:48 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
To: SamAdams76
Perhaps only one if its carrying yellow fever.
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:29:54 PM PDT
by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
To: SamAdams76
Bingo, Bango, Bongo and Irving...
To: SamAdams76
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:30:37 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: SamAdams76
“clothing color”?
They can see colors???
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:32:29 PM PDT
by
lizma2
To: hole_n_one
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:32:59 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(Et Tu Fox News ?)
To: SamAdams76
This is a man with a lot of time on his hands, lol.
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:33:08 PM PDT
by
flaglady47
(Donald J.Trump, President in 2024 - DeSantis for VP (or Senior Advisor))
To: SamAdams76
How Many Mosquito Bites Would It Take to Kill You Only one if the mosquito is carrying Zika virus, West Nile virus, Chikungunya virus, Dengue virus or the plasmodium parasite.
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:34:36 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. (I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.))
To: SamAdams76
The bigger problem is the diseases the carry. Malaria top of the list but many others as well. In those cases just one bite can kill you
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:34:37 PM PDT
by
Mom MD
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To: hole_n_one
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:37:07 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
To: Mom MD
There was a yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia in 1793.
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:37:37 PM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
To: SamAdams76
they like O blood more than A blood people. Citronella, lemon grass, some other oils you can use to deter them from you or a room/area. I lived at a place one year that got swarmed with them and didn’t sleep for nights because they were all through the place biting me through multiple layers of covers which i was fully under. Then I learned about the oils and that a good breeze also helps so they can’t attack you. not sure how you would use that for walking the dog, but definitely helps to have fan blowing the air around. some people say garlic pills help, i never tried that.
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:38:01 PM PDT
by
b4me
(Repeated lies does Not equal TRUTH. )
To: SamAdams76
My brother was stationed in Alaska once for a time and said there were reports of bush pilots having gone down who died from blood loss and the venom from the mosquitoes.
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:39:40 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: lizma2
Yep, mosquitos and especially blackflies are attracted to lighter colors. Ask any fisherman!
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:40:16 PM PDT
by
wbill
To: SamAdams76
I have a ThermaCell I keep in my camping stuff, it really works to keep the mosquitos at bay.
yes they suck the blood out of your wallet for refills, but I just buy them offseason
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:40:33 PM PDT
by
algore
To: SamAdams76
I seldom get bitten by mosquitos while everyone around me is reaching for the can of Off. And the ones that do bite me, I swear they end up dying right away.
It might be the alcohol in my blood content. ☺
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:43:07 PM PDT
by
jy8z
(When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
To: b4me
they like O blood more than A blood people. That is not borne out in our household.
Type A mr. mm gets swarmed and while I get chased, not like him.
My sister thinks blood sugar levels play a role. She’s diabetic and gets swarmed as well.
I also understand that B vitamins are supposed to help.
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posted on
06/03/2021 6:43:11 PM PDT
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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