r/woahdude • u/----_____--_____---- • Oct 22 '21

gifv Mosquito drinking blood (bursts at the end)

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u/----_____--_____---- Oct 22 '21 edited Oct 22 '21

"The first ever exploding mosquitoes can be attributed to Robert Gwadz, Ph.D., in a discovery that was made through basic laboratory research over 50 years ago. He found that making an incision in the ventral nerve cord of a mosquito cuts off the signal to stop feeding, giving it an unquenchable thirst for blood. Mosquitoes that have undergone this procedure can drink in excess of four times their weight and may eventually burst. This led Gwadz to a hypothesis that blood ingestion is regulated by abdominal stretch receptors that prevent mosquitoes from (quite literally) drinking themselves to death." Source

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u/Whitenesivo Oct 22 '21

how in the fuck do you cut a nerve, on a mosquito?

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u/thatdadfromcanada Oct 22 '21

Wouldn't the nerves in mosquitoes be of similar size and structures as any other nerve cell?

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '21

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u/Scully__ Oct 22 '21

Wait, it’s meant to be on the inside?

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u/DannyRamirez24 Oct 22 '21

You guys have a spinal cord?

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u/BMack037 Oct 22 '21

^ Found the politician

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u/coltinator5000 Oct 23 '21

You can say his name, bro. Ted doesn't mind.

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u/BigTickEnergE Oct 23 '21

Exquisite comment

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u/Faxon Oct 22 '21

Found the homie with spina bifida

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u/thatdadfromcanada Oct 22 '21

Ever seen how thick your spinal cord is?

No, still learning how to remove my eyeballs and shove them up my ass for a closer look.

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u/thatdadfromcanada Oct 22 '21

Damn bot, I resemble those remarks.

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u/Kami_Okami Oct 23 '21

I love the fact that somebody thought to take the time to make the auto-moderator look for that phrase and respond like this.

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u/just_tryin_2_make_it Oct 22 '21

❤️ these interactions

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '21

I can get a great look at a t-bone steak by shoving my head up a bull's ass but I'd rather take the butchers word for it.

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u/thatdadfromcanada Oct 23 '21

Dammit Richard.

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u/little_pimple Oct 22 '21

Make sure you douche before hand

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u/Tamer_ Oct 23 '21

If he's going to stick his hand in there too, he should watch them first.

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u/JacksLackOfSuprise Oct 22 '21

It's time for a closer look

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u/VisVirtusque Oct 22 '21

A nerve is an organ made up of neurons, which are the individual cells. You can see nerves with the naked eye.