Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them

[brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org]

CC: @catsalad@infosec.exchange

in far north queensland, we found the tiger mosquitoes became unaffected to 80% DEET, the strongest repellant available, after about 2 weeks. it could melt plastic but not keep insects away lol

[david_chisnall@infosec.exchange]

@catsalad I’m pretty sure that happens in the wild. Lighting a citronella candle outside seems to summon them. When you have a scent that is rare in nature and appears only around your prey, it doesn’t take a very complex neural network to learn a useful correlation.

[yakmoose@cloudisland.nz]

@catsalad @thejapantimes

We are truly in the worst timeline … won’t someone think of all the pale red headed people…

[bazkie@beige.party]

@catsalad heck

[theorangetheme@en.osm.town]

@catsalad Hence why my hands exist in a perpetual blur around my ankles during summer. ‍

[catsalad@infosec.exchange]

@yakmoose @thejapantimes Those scientists are, just not in a good way 🦟

[dmtomas@mastodon.social]

@catsalad next project train spiders to smell fear and swarm

[connynasch@mastodon.social]

@zaicurity @catsalad

[zedaardv@mastodon.world]

@catsalad
Of course they do.

[placebo@mastodon.ie]

@catsalad then I should use an 'uncommon', 'rare', or 'epic' repellent to avoid them mosquitoes.

[urig@mastodon.online]

@catsalad #cats already do that, no training required.

[nachtet@norden.social]

@catsalad ‍

[skjeggtroll@mastodon.online]

@catsalad

"Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them"

"Oh, so they'd rather go to Doctor Brown's lecture than mine, will they? My theories aren't good enough for them, are they? Well, I'll show them. I'll show them all!"

[hyc@mastodon.social]

@catsalad

Doh, I see this was already posted...

[david_d@mamot.fr]

@catsalad a future igNobel winner, for sure