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