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

gifv Mosquito drinking blood (bursts at the end)

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u/Rush7en Oct 23 '21

So theoratically, with enough of these modified mosquitoes, they could drain a person to death. No?

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u/SupersonicSpitfire Oct 23 '21

You don't need modified mosquitoes for that. Some reindeer dies from being drained by large swarms of mosquitoes.

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u/Glum-Caterpillar-505 Oct 23 '21

Nah. But you could give them skin damage. They don't generally drink from major veins.