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MOSQUITOES

THE TRUTH ABOUT. MOSQUITOES. www.bushman-repellent.com. A mosquito weighs 0.0025 grams. On average they are 16mm long. www.bushman-repellent.com. Mosquitoes use sensors around their mouthparts to detect the warmth of your body and the blood inside it…. www.bushman-repellent.com.

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MOSQUITOES

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  1. THE TRUTH ABOUT MOSQUITOES www.bushman-repellent.com

  2. A mosquito weighs 0.0025 grams On average they are 16mm long www.bushman-repellent.com

  3. Mosquitoes use sensors around their mouthparts to detect the warmth of your body and the blood inside it… www.bushman-repellent.com

  4. …they then land on you and locate the best capillaries to ‘tap’ into! www.bushman-repellent.com

  5. Depending on which species a mosquito takes between 0.01ml and 0.001ml of blood per attack… www.bushman-repellent.com

  6. …so on average it’s estimated that it would take 1 million bites to drain your body dry of blood www.bushman-repellent.com

  7. Mosquito saliva contains some of the same ingredients as rat poison www.bushman-repellent.com

  8. A mosquito flaps its wings up to 600 times a second www.bushman-repellent.com

  9. Male mosquitoes locate females by the sound of their wings www.bushman-repellent.com

  10. Only the female mosquito sucks blood It’s not for food It’s to reproduce www.bushman-repellent.com

  11. After you’ve been bitten it can take up to 10 minutes before an itchy lump appears! www.bushman-repellent.com

  12. If disturbed while feeding a mosquito will return several times until she is full of blood www.bushman-repellent.com

  13. Mosquitoes generally fly below 25 feet However, they have been found 8,000 feet up in the Himalayas www.bushman-repellent.com

  14. Encephalitis Lymphatic Filariasis Yellow Fever Dengue Fever Diseases Spread by Mosquitoes Malaria Nile Fever Ross River Fever www.bushman-repellent.com

  15. Mosquitoes are responsible for a child dying every 30 seconds… www.bushman-repellent.com

  16. …so in the time it takes you to read this slideshow mosquitoes will be responsible for the deaths of 6 more children! www.bushman-repellent.com

  17. 3,000 people died yesterday, 3,000 people will die today and 3,000 people will die tomorrow… www.bushman-repellent.com

  18. …all in all mosquitoes will be responsible for the deaths of 1 million people this year… www.bushman-repellent.com

  19. …that’s the population of San Jose, California www.bushman-repellent.com

  20. …it’s widely accepted that mosquitoes have killed more people than all the wars that have ever been fought… www.bushman-repellent.com

  21. …more controversially some people believe that 50% of all the people that have ever lived have been killed by mosquitoes! www.bushman-repellent.com

  22. Mosquitoes don’t just kill humans, almost nothing is safe! They’ve even killed two Killer Whales in captivity! www.bushman-repellent.com

  23. …and six penguins at London Zoo www.bushman-repellent.com

  24. Mosquitoes kill dogs and cats by giving them heart worm www.bushman-repellent.com

  25. …and kill horses by giving them EEE (Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus) www.bushman-repellent.com

  26. Alexander the Great is believed to have died of malaria in 323 B.C. www.bushman-repellent.com

  27. There have been other famous people who have contracted malaria including American presidents Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy… www.bushman-repellent.com

  28. Mosquitoes have been around since the Jurassic period. So they are about 210 million years old... www.bushman-repellent.com

  29. …and they’re here to stay! The best way to avoid being attacked is to use the best repellent available! www.bushman-repellent.com

  30. Find out more at… Find out more at… www.bushman-repellent.com Thank you!

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