• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    The size of mosquitoes in rural Canada confirms this is possible. It could even require 4 of them to completely bleed a human dry.

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        11 hours ago

        God you are lucky in lapland. I have always wanted to do that, but the ones here in northern ostrobothnia dont fit trough the doors so we can use them only as patio furniture.

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          14 minutes ago

          Sailors round these parts use the massive ancient mosquitos to navigate the ocean since they dont move in the sky

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      10 hours ago

      They generally don’t though, they prefer picking people up and dropping them from height on some sharp rocks, then feasting on the corpse.

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      11 hours ago

      Last year I had to take some parts to a pivot crew working in soybeans. I want to preface this that I used to farm and I’ve built fences next to river bottoms I’ve had to deal with some bad mosquitoes.

      With that said I never have seen a mosquito outbreak like last summer fall. I took two steps into that field and was immediately covered. I have no idea how those builders could stand being out there.

      I think, if they wanted to, those mosquitoes could have lifted me off the ground and flown me to their lair.