Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
@catsalad GOOD NEWS EVERYONE
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
@catsalad@infosec.exchange Malaria likes this!
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
@catsalad "your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should"
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
@catsalad can they also train them to go for people who fly on private jets?
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
@catsalad they sure had success here last night
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
@catsalad that is the True headline.
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
@catsalad Big spray does not want you to find out about this!
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
@catsalad mosquitoes now: hmmmm, spicy human!!
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
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
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
@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.
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
We are truly in the worst timeline … won’t someone think of all the pale red headed people…
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
@catsalad heck
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
@catsalad Hence why my hands exist in a perpetual blur around my ankles during summer.
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We are truly in the worst timeline … won’t someone think of all the pale red headed people…
@yakmoose @thejapantimes Those scientists are, just not in a good way 🦟
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
@catsalad next project train spiders to smell fear and swarm
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@catsalad can they also train them to go for people who fly on private jets?
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
@catsalad
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
@catsalad then I should use an 'uncommon', 'rare', or 'epic' repellent to avoid them mosquitoes.
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
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Scientists train mosquitoes to go after people who try to avoid them
