Biologists Think They Know How Mosquitoes First Got Their Thirst For Human Blood

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Once everything was in place, Rose and his fellow researchers then got to work on the project, closely studying their subjects. They discovered that there were a couple of explanations as to why the mosquitoes had a fondness for human blood over other animals. The reasons were “population density” and “dry season intensity.”

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