Interesting Facts About Mosquitoes –
A small-looking mosquito is the biggest threat to humans. Millions of people die every year due to this small creature. It is the deadliest organism in the world, which is the most harmful to humans. Let's know interesting information related to mosquitoes -
1. Mosquito is the most dangerous creature in the world. More than one million people die each year due to mosquito bites.
2. More than 3,400 types of mosquitoes are found in the world. If you talk about numbers, then there are approximately 100 trillion mosquitoes in the world compared to 8 billion human beings. This number is so high that if all the mosquitoes in the world can be gathered on a football field, then they will become a 4 kilometre high pile.
3. Crores of people have died due to mosquitoes. Experts say that the destruction of many civilizations along the rivers was also caused due to diseases caused by mosquitoes.
4. World Health Organization says 30 to 500 million people worldwide suffer from malaria every year. Bites of mosquitoes are also deadly diseases like malaria, dengue, yellow fever, Elephantiasis, West Nile fever. Due to this, more than 10 lakh people die every year.
5. There is no match for mosquitoes in the case of blood drinking. A mosquito can drink three times the blood by its weight.
6. The blood only drinks female mosquitoes. Actually, he needs protein for his egg nutrition, which he gets easily from the blood.
7. The female mosquito once rested for two days after drinking blood.
8. The male mosquito does not drink blood, the poor man fills his stomach with the juice of trees and plants.
9. There are 3500 species of mosquitoes found worldwide.
10. Not all species of mosquitoes are thirsty for human blood. Some species of mosquito drink blood of reptiles, lizards etc., some amphibians, i.e frogs etc.
11. The female mosquito leaves the skin after cutting it in the skin and then releases some of its salivae. Our blood starts to freeze out of the body. By adding saliva, the blood does not accumulate in mosquito hose. Mosquitoes have mosquitoes of malaria, dengue in saliva, which make us sick by joining our blood.
12. Mosquitoes fly from one and a half to two and a half kilometres per hour. Looking at its size, this speed may be high, but the interesting fact is that mosquitoes have less flying speeds than other insects. If there is a competition between insects, then the creatures like the fly, wasp, bumblebee, butterfly will easily beat the mosquito.
13. The murmur of mosquitoes does not come out of their mouth; they are the voices of their wings. During flying, mosquitoes flutter 300 to 600 times in one second, causing a sound like a murmur.
14. The mosquitoes find us in the dark and cut them. They know our address with our breaths. Carbon dioxide, which is released from the breath, detects mosquitoes from far away. Apart from this, the heat and smell of our body also attract them.
15. The lifespan of male mosquitoes is only 6 days, while the female mosquito lasts 6 to 8 weeks.
16. The female mosquito gives about 300 eggs at a time. The mosquito spends only 10 days after leaving the egg.
17. Male mosquitoes recognize the female mosquito with their wings.
18. Compared to men and children, mosquitoes cut Adult more than mosquitoes.
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