Why Some People Are More Prone To Mosquito Bites

[Wyatt_Junker]

Scientists have worked out why mosquitoes make a beeline for certain people but appear to leave others almost untouched.

Specific cells in one of the three organs that make up the mosquito’s nose are tuned to identify the different chemicals that make up human body odour.

To the mosquito some people’s sweat simply smells better than others because of the proportions of the carbon dioxide, octenol and other compounds that make up body odour.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2007/08/30/scimozzie130.xml

[DesertFox]

Finally: The definitive answer to this question.

[DoctorDoom]

Now the question is, can we get a pill that will make us offensive to skeeter noses?

[Rhino]

Cyanide might work, but the side effects are a bitch.

[Wolfcounsel]

"Now the question is, can we get a pill that will make us offensive to skeeter noses?" --DoctorDoom

Citronella pills?

[DesertFox]

Garlic? :question:

[Timberwolf]

High doses of B-Complex vitamins?

[DesertFox]

Brut aftershave! Nastiest stuff ever invented.