Naut's Tidbits & Snippets: It's Mosquito Season...

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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

It's Mosquito Season...

According to a University of Bristol study, male mosquito "ears" are packed with about as many sensory cells as human ears, helping amorous mosquito males identify and pursue passing females. When a mosquito detects the whine of the opposite sex, it begins to synchronize its own pitch to that of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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