Это видео недоступно.
Сожалеем об этом.
Why Week: Why are Mosquitoes More Attracted to Some People than Others?
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 30 ноя 2018
- If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Patreon page where we've got a variety of perks for our Patrons, including Simon's voice on your GPS and the ever requested Simon Whistler whistling package: / todayifoundout
→Some of our favorites: • Featured
→Subscribe for new videos every day!
www.youtube.co...
Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week!
More from TodayIFoundOut:
Why Do Roosters Crow in the Morning?
• Why Do Roosters Crow i...
In this video:
Female mosquitoes can put a damper on any outdoor event when they start to snack on those present. (Note: only the females drink your blood; they don’t need it for their own nourishment, but for certain nutrients necessary to develop their eggs).
Want the text version?: www.todayifound...
Sources:
journals.plos.o...
www.ncbi.nlm.ni...
www.sciencedire...
www.ncbi.nlm.ni...
www.ncbi.nlm.ni...
www.mosquito.or...
www.wsj.com/art...
scienceline.org...
www.abc.net.au/...
www.msn.com/en-...
time.com/331162...
www.webmd.com/a...
www.smithsonian...
www.universityh...
www.salon.com/2...
www.cnn.com/201...
abcnews.go.com/...
www.thedailybea...
Cartoon in the background became more terrifying toward the end of the video.
The female mosquitoes need my blood to develop their eggs? Does that mean I am the mosquitoes baby daddy? If that’s true, then I have kids everywhere. I hope they don’t start looking for child support
I'm not Virgin then
They need the nutrients on your blood, your logic makes little sense
Daniel Pereira But they are my children. Family bonds defy logic
Cedric Lothritz I’m OK with that
519 Forestmonk
You realize women get bitten, too, right?
*adults are more likely to be bitten*
the me when i was a child
1. wore long pants
2. long sleeves shirt
3. in a house party with over 50 people
4. only i know there are mosquitoes
5. noone else got bitten except for me , through my clothes somehow
This was me. As an adult I can wear the strongest repellent available and still get bitten so I basically don't go outside in warm weather.
ive heard that O bloodtype atracts the mousqitos more ik im O type because both my parents are O bloodype and they both get torn up by mousqitos
Been getting eaten alive by mosquitos all my life. If there is one thing in this world that I wish never existed it would be them.
VooDooMan42069 true. They litterally do not benefit the ecosystem whatsoever. Their an invasive species that are invasive everywhere
Stop being fat.
@@wunderbread7793. The male mosquitoes are pollinators, so whoever told you, that mosquitoes do not benefit the ecosystem whatsoever, is incorrect.
@@wunderbread7793 actualy, male mosquitos are major polynizers and a source of food to various especies of insects, amphibians and bats
@TrumpCat . Many plants would be driven to extinction if that was to occur. Thus, the world would be deprived of drugs that these plants may produce, in the future. There are many things yet to discover, which won’t be, just because some people are inconvenienced by mosquito bites. Notwithstanding the spread of disease carrying mosquitoes into regions not previously inhabited by them, due to climate change. But then again, there is not law anywhere in the world that I know of, that has made stupidity illegal. If fact, most countries in the world have systems that thrive on stupidity.
After all these years: vindication.
Hory sheet its asahop
TL;DL Exercise is bad, tell Neebs.
on the brightside, you could get friend zoned by the mosquito 5:05
I don't need insect repellent on holiday if my Mrs is nearby, she always comes back from hols looking like she caught smallpox, every bug in 5 miles homes in on her
Bremner's Ghost : Perhaps she could take vitamin B1 thiamine only while necessary.
Yup, that's my life.
And I'm relatively short and thin, and female, so I have virtually none of the factors that he mentioned as being attractive to them.
Maybe my metabolism is just high, even without exercising or being large in size.
Though when my mother's around, she takes some of the heat off me. My dad or my younger brother never got bitten, I guess because my mother and I were the unwitting hosts of a mosquito feeding party every time lol
My obese sister is a flea and mosquito magnet.
Garlic or garlic pills help. I know for a fact this works because anything that sucks blood considers me an all-you-can-eat buffet but once I started taking garlic pills the bite occur very rarely now
One time our company held a staff bbq near a lake.
Among 14 co-workers about
5 of the people furthest away from me got bitten around 3-4 times in total.
The rest either had 2 at most or none with the people right besides me experiencing the no bites whatsoever.
I was positioned smack bang in the middle and ended up with 33 on my left arm and 27 on my right. We stopped bothering to count the number of bites on my legs and the rest of my body because effort.
This was over a span of 15 minutes at most while the boss and a couple of managers were saying a few words before everybody decided to move locations for my sake.
Fuck mosquitos.
So I should just stop breathing? Done.
Easy for you to say. I n=d to sit still inside while holding my breath . lol
your body gives off carbon dioxide from more than just exhaling, for example the lactic acid in your skin may actually contain more active co² for mosquitoes to be attracted to
@@RUclips82123gw appears I am going to have to intomb myself in carbonite... I thought it would come to that, its been one of those days.
Rest in peace
Shadownova you dead yet?
The most annoying part about mosquitoes is that the are buzzing around my head all night. I have to kill them all before I can fall asleep. Sometimes they even wake me up
Sounds like you need a bug net
Alan Ball well it’s winter now so it isn’t a problem at the moment
Davvy Jannes I think I will just move to Iceland
I had this problem with cat fleas. They wait till you're asleep & attack you in your bed. They jump 10 feet, can't be crushed by any amount of weight, & make no sounds at all.
I still remember years ago my family went camping, we sat outside around a fire late, my brothers ENTIRE thigh and lower leg was completely covered in mosquito bites
That settles it, I'm standing In a freezer for 30 minutes before I go out side now.
finally proof i am not crazy when i say i am like a walking buffet to those little flying fecal stains. when outside with other people the other people see clouds of them flocking to me... dammit, now i'm itchy
I have always found that covering yourself in campfire smoke has been the best mosquito repellent!
Well I’m not sure what combination of chemicals and odors are making me so attractive, but I do know that whatever it is makes me look like a cheap Buffett after a weight watchers meeting
You should make a video of questions that you wanted to answer, but couldn't find out the answer to.
And name it "Admitting Defeat".
Today I didn't find out
Well, now I know why I get bitten so much. I pretty much won the mosquito lottery: tall, active, a bit overweighted and type O blood. I also have a very strong histamine response: sometimes over a week after getting bitten. Great.
Peter Jansen There is a way to deal with mosquito bites. It is literally a pain,but it works. For the very same reason that egg white curdles, the active agent causing the histamine response can be inactivated. It is a protein,and proteins are heat sensitive.
You need hot water and a metal cup like a shot glass. Ideally with a handle. Use water as hot as you can stand without burning,and the more time goes by after the bite,the deeper the mosquito saliva goes. Apply for about a minute on top of the bite using firm pressure for contact.
It works for me for almost precisely 24 hours. Needs a second application then. Nevertheless, to stop an itch in its tracks is sometimes very important. It should work for you and if not,it is not an expensive experiment.Cheers.
I'm right there with you on that lottery.
I know your pain.
And people wonder why I rarely spend time outside.
@@KSeigY
I go as far as putting on a pant and shirt with long sleeves when I play beach volleyball, just to prevent getting stung by mosquitos. It doesn't prevent getting stung but at least you get stung less and less on places where you rub against all day long. For example, if I get stung on the inside of my legs my jeans rub against that infected skin all day long and the itch drives me nuts every time when I walk. The infection for me looks exactly what he showed in the video @ 7:50. That thick and that large. Indoors I have all my windows blocked with window screens.
@@paulmanson253
So you would have to do that immediately after stung, if it is a few hours later it won't work as well (or take much longer) because the saliva has gotten to deep?
Peter Jansen Essentially, yes. Right away means up to a couple hours. When the mossie proteins go deeper they are harder to reach but not impossibly so. You will have to tinker with your own body for that. Careful with how hot the water is at first. Lots of tender skin damages more easily than hands or feet.
It is worth doing for me. The itch stops almost right away. The only down side is the need for repeat in 24 hours. I was lucky and found a small metal glass with a handle in a thrift store. Before that I tried other ways of concentrated heat at the bite,but the metal glass works best for me.
THANK YOU!!! My family thinks I'm silly when I say that mosquitoes prefer me.
I have type O blood, mom’s type AB- (I’m adopted) and I have always been... one minute outside even if I’m standing still and breathing slowly and I’ll get at least 6 - 10 bites minimum..... color of my clothes doesn’t seem to matter they bite me no matter what I’m wearing 🦟😡
Omfg me too
The level of depth you've gone into here Simon & Co, I can only commend and thank you for.
fascinating but those pencil animations are the things of fking nightmares
Lol. at 3:38. love the cartoon... mosquito getting drunk from a drunk..., rolling off and wobbling around..
I attract them so much that people around won't get bitten at all while I'm a literal buffet.
That animation of the guy trying to sleep near the end is a nightmare scenario.
I feel itchy all of a sudden, anyone feel itchy?
No, but I keep hearing them fly around me, although it's winter here.
Yep on the elbow
No
Nope. I've built up a tolerance so mosquitos rarely affect me.
I was too creeped out by that cartoon to feel itchy.
My wife and I are a prime example of this. When we go out in the summer at night, I'll hose myself down with mosquito repellent and still end up completely covered in bites, from head to toe. having attracted the entire swarm, where , my wife, will never get a single bite. Mosquito repellent has a minimal effect with me. I still get completely eaten alive. Always. My wife has gone through her whole life rarely ever having been bothered by mosquitoes. She rarely, if ever, gets bitten.
Gin & tonic, chief. Saves me when in the heat. Beer gets me bitten all over.
They almost never bite me, or my dad.
@Joe Blow plenty of other reasons though. I'm 120 lbs and vegan but mosquitoes still loooove me yet avoid my boyfriend. He's filipino so I like to blame it on that😂
If you can find it near you, or of course, order online, they do make 100% DEET spray. I'm normally eaten alive as well, but I've always found a spritz or two drastically cuts down the bites, if not eliminates. Just have to make sure to wash thoroughly once out of danger.
Try using essential oils instead. Rosemary, Peppermint, or Eucalyptus from my experience. Works way better than any repellent spray I've used.
When I was in the service and we were going out into the jungle, we'd always eat a diet very heavy in garlic for several days beforehand. We were told to do this by an elderly Asian man and it really seemed to work.
Wowsers! That's good to know. I've always been told it also had something to do with the consumption of bananas.
TIFO while I should be swarmed by mosquitos constantly, as I am a larger guy who drinks and has to work in the sun. I'm almost never bit. I love the look of frustration some people give me, as they get swarmed and realize I'm the only one not getting bit.
Same here lol all I can do is laugh
Fascinating, now if only I could find out why I'm so attractive to bees and wasps. I had over ten wasps on my face at one time this August without being stung, and both wasps and bees land on my face with alarming regularity.
Once you find the bump you can get rid of it - and the itch, by warming a spoon under the hot tap and applying it to the offending area. The heat breaks up the chemicals causing the reaction.
Or by riping youre skin apart by scooping the bump
Softly rub a few drops of vinegar over the mosquito bite to stop the reaction, it works in just a couple of minutes. About the same time when you'll stop getting bothered by the vinegar smell you'll have forgotten you were itching, 2-5 minutes. This can save people who are allergic to bee stings and such, rub vinegar specially all over the chest and throat to stop the reaction in the area to prevent suffocation while carrying the person to emergency room. Try it next time you get bitten if you don't believe me, I was mindblown when I tried it the first time.
I discovered, many years ago, that if I ran a ceiling fan in my bedroom while sleeping, that I didn't get bitten.
I was on vacation in July 2003, 12,000ft up the Continental Divide in CO. My camping buddies were unaffected by mosquitoes. Despite applying Deet, I was bitten 72 times.
2:12 You're *_less_* likely to be bitten when you're young?!
That's the opposite of me! Nobody has ever been able to give a reason for how when I was a kid, I would be bitten literally *hundreds of times per summer* (yes, I counted), while now as an adult, I get bitten maybe a dozen or two times the _entire season!_
Oh yeah, it's not just that! The bites themselves affect me differently, too! Back then, a bite would last a full week and constantly be painful, but now I'm unlucky if they're still noticeable overnight!
I mean, I'm not complaining, it literally drove me crazy just to go outside back then.
Still, the only thing I can figure is that at some point, most likely in puberty, a massive change to my body chemistry took place, because this massive change happened literally between two summers, but there's no apparent reason why!
How did they conduct these alcohol and mosquito studies...i mean who would volunteer for that?!?!?!?!!
Julia Nunyabiz people who need money
people who want free alcohol.
*C O C A I N E*
For money
Hey you wanna get drunk and get paid? All you have to do is get bit by a mosquito
Soooo... I shouldn't get rid of my mosquito antiaircraft guns that are manned by fleas?
I'll take 2 boxes of these.
Do you have any that you can wear around like body cams?
@@KSeigY - FleaCams!!! That's a great idea!!!
As for the two boxes of mosquito antiaircraft guns... Those may have not been the best idea as I caught them holding up a yellowjackets nest and talking to the ants about protection fees. Blasted little bloodsuckers!!!
yes! invest in bats and frogs. If mosquitoes are biting you so will the fleas.
Fleas will bite you too. The more fleas like you, the more likely you are to be bitten by fleas.
But both apparently seem to hate lavender oil.
Shudders every time he says kuh-pillar-ees instead of cap-uh-lair-ees.
Really short, thin, and I'm the freaking favorite food of the mosquitoes. I had on mosquito repellent once, and still got bitten on a really tiny spot where I'd missed applying it.
Now i know what I am so attractive to mosquitos. I am a larger guy (6 foot 1 inch, 200 pounds), I am decently active, often wear darker clothing and sweat a good bit. Glad I hit all the stops.
I have an advantage against the mosquitoes. I have hairy arms, legs and shoulders. It takes an effort for the mosquito to get past the hairs to get into biting posture, which tickles, and I am alerted to the presence of the mosquito before it can bite me.
Another great video about a question I didn’t know I had. That’s why I subscribed to this channel. Keep it up!
Fantastic, I'm the perfect mosquito buffet.
Hello,
OMG I'm type O. Always thought the skeeters didn't like me, maybe I don't react . Lol.
Thanks for the entertainment
When I was in the Army as an infantryman with the 101st Airborne Division, we spent a lot of time in the forests and swamps conducting field exercises. As such, just about everywhere we stopped to sleep for the night was always swarming with mosquitoes. One trick I used to repel them was to swallow about 10 match heads (a book of matches was included in our rations) a day. I learned the trick from a guy that served in Vietnam. After a few days, your sweat smelled faintly of sulphur & it kept the blood-suckers at bay.
The drawback was that your uniform absolutely REEKED & had to be washed several times in high-powered, grease-cutting dish soap.
I wonder what all the phosphorus, sulphur & other chemicals did to me...
Not only are mosquitos super attracted to me but I also have the severe response to it where it seems like those bites just won't go away. I'm glad it's winter where I am and they're not active anymore.
I also think it has to do with how close you live to a water source for them to breed in. Last year I lived nowhere near a water source and I was almost never bitten. This year I moved closer to a swamp and I could barely leave the house without every mosquito in the area deciding to have a feast.
You're fellow mosquito candy as well i take it? Full sympathy friend.
As a child I was bitten quite a lot, but for most of my adult life I haven't been very attractive to moquitoes. I managed to go to SE Asia for a month and only get bitten twice. This year I went to south of france for a week and avoided all bites for 5 days while the rest of my family got bitten all over. Then on the last few days the mosquitoes decided I was the most delicious thing ever and went crazy. It was horrible. I think I might have lost my immunity.
If there is only one mosquito in the house it finds me and makes a meal of me all night.
This is kinda interesting as a pretty big guy I don't really get bit by mosquitoes very much, but I do tend to have a lower body temperature than most.
I had a doctor from India tell me that vitamin B1 would help keep skeeters away. Had only 3 bites one weekend camping, while others got dozens of bites.
When I was a kid I would get eaten alive by mosquitoes, but now that I have rather thick hair covering most of my exposed body (legs, arms and beard) I don't get bitten as much. Now I mostly get bit on the neck, ears and feet.
That animation with the bulbous mosquito was so strange!
fun thing I've seen is that mosquitoes sometime attracted to laptop surface and monitor. idk if they try to bite. probably this because of heat radiated?
Citronella tiki torches make the backyard enjoyable.
As a mosquito magnet, I can say 100% yes. I've been bite 10+ times within half an hour before. I use to get lots of IV steroids for medical reasons. Which made me more attractive to mosquitoes than free beer to a college freshman
Love it Simon super excited to see what you and your awesome crew do in 2019
It's always interesting to see the variation in which people's bodies react when they have a mosquito bite. I know many people who barely get bumps or get bumps which are only ever about the size of a dime (dime= ~0.7 in). I, on the other hand, develop bumps that are typically at least the size of a half-dollar (H-D= ~1.2 in).
So what I’m hearing is my constant state of anxiety is why mosquitos won’t leave me alone. I thought they just knew I was allergic some how.
I have type O blood but most mosquitos don't bite me. I went to the jungle in Peru and those mosquitos would land on me but never bite me. I do get itchy if I get bitten but most mosquitos just don't bite. When I went to the mountains in Peru, those mosquitos did bite me all over the ankles and it got really swollen and itchy. Most of the time, mosquitos either don't bite me or can't bite me. I have thick skin so that may play a part in mosquitos being able to give me an effective bite and it might also play a role in them being able to see me as being warm since my skin keeps in more warmth than even I would like.
I believe the metabolism rate is the main factor of mosquito bites, as a dog owner, I've noticed I'm less likely to get bitten when I'm with my dog, Dogs have a much higher metabolism rate than humans.
I've noticed something as a smoker... If I am out camping and I smoke a cigarette I don't get bit by anything ever but everyone else I know who don't smoke have get bit not only that the friends who are smokers don't get bit either... looks like tobacco has it's benefits
I just now realised- The Bald Guy from Brazzers (Johnny Sins) has been makin' science videos... Wow, look at how clever he is
Where I live, I'm lucky and repel mosquitoes. I never believed my bf who passed when he said he attracts mosquitoes like crazy until one time there was basically a whole swarm around him, while I was just chillin haha. Woof...
I've noticed that mosquitoes seem to be more likely to bite visitors than they are to bite people who are native to the area.
I was on my deck drinking and was bitten by a mosquito. I immediately rubbed a little tequila on the area and suffered none of the usual symptoms. Not sure if it was the tequila, but I do advocate alcohol consumption regardless.
I'm one of the lucky ones that mosquitoes seem not to like. I hear them buzzing around, occasionally see them, but they don't land on me or bite.
I am blood type A, don't drink much, am a tad overweight, and smell of unicorn farts and rainbows.
The mosquitos in California are really really big. I went to Australia and people were freaking out when they saw a mosquito I laughed and said. You call that a mosquito? I call it a flea!
Funny enough when I used to be really skinny I used to get chomped up by mosquitos for more than I do now.
When I was young I was a mosquito magnet. Then around middle age not so much. Now I'm sixty six and it seems I'm a no go zone for mosquito's.
I had a little unwilling experiment when i was a child. I was on vacation and slept in the same room with a friend of the same age and after the night (we certainly managed to have a bunch of mosquitos inside) i had double digit bites while my friend had a single one.
I swell up really bad following mosquito bite. So in my experienceI half a Benadryl (or other brand equivalent) will take away the swelling. I carry a vial of them with me at all times (the vials I use are from the Dollar Store craft isle). I recommend everyone carry them in their pocket or purse (great for stings too!)
Im one of the people they highly prefer and I get huge welps. Its horrible and I hate them.
There are a ton of them around my house too.
I personally would be attacked by mosquitoes if I were standing in the middle of a blizzard in Antarctica. 😱😭🤬
thank you
By experience, mosquito bites can turn into nasty blisters that burst. Left South Africa as a child, went back as a teenager and had a severe reaction overnight (never had this problem originally). Family said it looked like I was shot in the arms.
Garlic,... I eat garlic regularly during summer months and I have noticed that Mosquitoes hardly bite me at all,.. so not only will it deter vampires, but also the nasty skeeter
Mosquitos definitely love me more. I remember walking with a huge swarm above me. I kept fanning them and running around but they would not leave alone. I hung out near other people but even when I left the group of bloodsuckers followed me. Eventually the mosquito group got very large and a few people started asking about the obvious black swarm above me. I just wear mosquito repellent nowadays.
I’m mosquito candy. I’m a thin woman which totally contradicts what Simon says! They’ve actually said certain genes attract mosquitoes
I would get horrible mosquito bites until I turned eight. I haven't had one since. I get bitten occasionally, but I no longer have the histamine reaction. I also don't respond to poison ivy or cry chopping onions.
I head a story of a mosquito biting a rockstar, he let it finish its business and upon flying away the mosquito immediately died of a heroin overdose. I wonder if that's actually possible...
Also, I eat a lot of spicy food. Tabasco Sauce every day on almost every meal; go through a bottle a week. Mosquitos avoid me as if my blood were liquid tear gas.
In Brazil we say that this person has sweet blood xD
It's really strange that I'm the opposite in nearly all factors and still get bitten the most at every party.
I live in Australia and every summer I can't go out out past a certain time, I get
eaten alive. I've been to several south east Asian countries however and I can't recall been bitten
or even having a mosquito land on me. Meanwhile my friends were slathering themselves
in DEET.
I don't care what you say ... I think my love of garlic and onions is the reason I don't get bit and my wife is a veritable feast.
I do know. that when I start getting bit, most people are getting eaten alive. Side note. I grew up in SE Arkansas. and spent more than 3 years in Panama.
Those animations. love them. more please.
I’m a buffet to mosquitos😩
Ohhitisjustme not sure but is that a fallout reference or am I dumb
I'm always bitten so much by mosquitoes and my family blames all the sugar I consume, "you're so sweet you're like chocolate to them."
They don't touch me when I've been drinking, those that try drop dead from alcohol poisoning.
well, that explains, somewhat, why they seem to stay away from me. I think I have a natural deet or skin so soft so they stay away from me while everyone else in the family gets eaten to death. I'm very skinny and the rest of them are all bigger than I am and I guess I don't taste good so yep they just don't like me atall. Thanks again for solving the answer to another question ya'll. I appreciate it and can't wait to tell my family members the truth about why they don't, or at least don't seem, to bite me very often.
I have five kids and can't figured out how many mosquitos I'm dad too... 😂
Mosquitos don't bite me at all. I think when I was a kid I was bitten once or twice but even when everyone around me is getting bit I never do. They will even land on me and not bite, really nice tho haha Im not complaining, just always found it interesting
Mosquitoes rely heavily on concealment and not being noticed, those attributes are very strong in their evolution.
This is why they prefer dark clothing, and movement. Not the reasons you suggest.
They like movement because it suggests distraction as opposed to an animal that is still, which will be more likely to notice the bite.
And dark clothing makes it much harder to see the mosquito.
I knew it!! I have a few ppl who are in for a big I told ya lol
Veritasium did one on mosquitoes too, you guys should team up, and VSauce too !
After a 3 day camping trip. I have a couple friends who counted the number of bites in the hundreds while constantly applying bug spray. I applied minimal bug spray once in the morning for the 3 days and could still count the number of bites with my fingers. Guess i'm just disgusting to them.
One of my relatives was bitten so badly on holiday they ended up having to spend a few days in hospital on a drip since they had at least 60 bites on every limb including their torso and some of them had become infected.
I would like to know how volunteer firefighters operate, and would like to see you guys dissect this topic!
Some people get bitten by mosquitoes but don’t get itchy from the bites. My husband is one of those lucky ones.
I don't get bit very often. Actually I haven't been bit by a mosquito in years. I also live out in the country in Ohio. We have a lot of mosquitos. When I go outside to smoke cigs (I don't smoke in my home) I sit in my car. After a while I start getting a few mosquitos coming in the window. They still don't bite me but that just shows they like carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.