Why aren't mosquitos afraid of me?

Don’t confuse bravery with stupidity.

BBC did a show on this. Some people (Myself included) give off a smell that they love. Some people give off something that they dislike also.

I for some crazy reason get bit more on one side of my body than the other.

It is only pregnant females that drink blood. Males only drink fruit.

I found this plug-in (Plugs into the power supply) that gives off a sound that makes them go away. I hate killing anything so found this the best option. It works!

@generaltitsvonchodehoffen, or instinct

@dafunks, eat more garlic and onions. I literally did not get one mosquito bite last year and I attribute it to that. Tea tree, peppermint, and lavender oils all also work as insect repellent.

I do :( I love Garlic and eat it most days in something. I even get bitten on the soles of my feet….

I am like a big tub of ice cream to pregnant mosquito’s.

They can smell you fear no doubt.

“Why aren’t they afraid me?”

Do you know why small animals don’t run away from bears? Because if they do, the bear chases them. The animals know they would die because the bear is faster, so they accept that they are at the bear’s mercy, and that acceptance makes the bear uninterested.

If a mosquito keeps eating you, it’s because they out number you 10000000 to 1 and feeding on you for a few seconds is probably the highlight of their entire life. Insects have priorities too.

@doblearcoiris, I suddenly got very amused reading this post because I’m imagining the endless mirth that you must be getting about contemplating this while high. It’s the little things in life, such as getting your mind blown by a swarm of courageous mosquitoes, that make life grand. And to actually give you an answer, the best I can come up with is that they’re reasoning is immeasurably simple compared to a human. You can only assume that the only thing in the world that they are thinking of is ” BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD” and even if they know that they might get massacred, it doesn’t overpower their simple insect programming to suck your blood no matter the cost

@doblearcoiris, Because you’re just so darn tasty.

I’ve heard that if you stick a dryer sheet in your pocket, they’ll stay away from you. Or you could try rubbing a couple all over your body for extra effect.

They might not have evolved enough to develop a fear for us. Or like @doblearcoiris, said, they didn’t need it cause they roll deep.. Fear can also be learned, its not only an evolutionary trait.

Is this suppose to be a troll thread?

Mosquitos doesn’t fear you because they’re dumb. Basic, not retarded, human knowledge 101.

Or it could be “The Law of Attraction” in the universe whereas the mosquitos are drawn to something of equal intelligence.

@doblearcoiris, mosquitos lack the ability to reason. They aren’t thinking about attacking you in any kind of logical, strategic way. They just think “mmm blood” and go at you, because they want to survive and propagate the species. Their necessity for blood outweighs the risk, it’s how mosquitos are programmed by their instincts to exist. Plus I don’t think they eat human blood alone, I think they bite anything with blood. So most of their targets probaby don’t slap them, humans I think are one of the few targets that can do that.

@doblearcoiris, have you read The Einstein Factor? I would highly recommend this book, it teaches about the “squelcher” in the brain that filters out common things like this topic, and how to minimize the “squelcher” so that your brain is free to roam and wonder at whatever you please without even having to make a deliberate effort

@doblearcoiris,
How would they get food. They need your blood to survive.

@moonglade, They only drink blood when the female is pregnant. They normally drink sugars from fruit. Only the female drinks blood.

@doblearcoiris,

they have a limited understanding of reality, they just see [food source] [food source] [food source] and do not have the capacity to ascertain much beyond that

@doblearcoiris,

|| I’ve always thought it funny that we declare with certainty how the consciousness of another animal is when we do not understand our own at all. ||

we can if we look at the cause effect of their actions, same way we know anything about ourselves.

@doblearcoiris, LMAO. This is the best thing I’ve ever read.

they do something stupid in order to survive, kinda like working 60hour weeks

why aren’t we afraid of the economy/bank?

it could swat its big ass hand on all of us (i.e. a depression)

@doblearcoiris, I think for a consciousness like the one we have, it requires a certain level of sophistication in the brain that mosquitos do not have. We can’t KNOW for sure but it certainly appears that way.

@doblearcoiris,

I wanted to be a ass and you’re right I did miss your intention.

I think the individual conscious/soul of the mosquito would grow to fear things one life time. To me it’s faintly conscious.