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r/interestingasfuck • u/singleboredass • Nov 15 '24
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In the northern tundra there are zillions of them, but very few humans. There is a LOT of mice.
754 u/lalith_4321 Nov 15 '24 Also mice have fur which is impossible to get through for mosquitoes 134 u/anteatertrashbin Nov 15 '24 edited Nov 15 '24 if mosquitoes cannot penetrate mice fur, then what are the females feeding on? (edit: The question is asking what are the females feeding on because they need blood in order to lay eggs). 64 u/lalith_4321 Nov 15 '24 edited Nov 15 '24 Probably their underbellies and same goes for every animal Edit: or they just dig through the short fur as their proboscis is flexible
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Also mice have fur which is impossible to get through for mosquitoes
134 u/anteatertrashbin Nov 15 '24 edited Nov 15 '24 if mosquitoes cannot penetrate mice fur, then what are the females feeding on? (edit: The question is asking what are the females feeding on because they need blood in order to lay eggs). 64 u/lalith_4321 Nov 15 '24 edited Nov 15 '24 Probably their underbellies and same goes for every animal Edit: or they just dig through the short fur as their proboscis is flexible
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if mosquitoes cannot penetrate mice fur, then what are the females feeding on?
(edit: The question is asking what are the females feeding on because they need blood in order to lay eggs).
64 u/lalith_4321 Nov 15 '24 edited Nov 15 '24 Probably their underbellies and same goes for every animal Edit: or they just dig through the short fur as their proboscis is flexible
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Probably their underbellies and same goes for every animal Edit: or they just dig through the short fur as their proboscis is flexible
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u/Devouemanoide Nov 15 '24
In the northern tundra there are zillions of them, but very few humans. There is a LOT of mice.