What do you really know about mosquitoes?

Sigurno ste čuli za izraz: „Popili ste mi krv!“ a vjerojatno poznajete i sladunjave filmove iz ciklusa „Sumrak sage“. Kao i serije „True Blood“ filmove o nadnaravnim bićima kao što su „Blade“ ili „Underworld“. U svima se pojavljuju vampiri kao dio realnog svijeta. U njemu žive doduše po noći napadaju ljude,bore se sa vukodlacima žive s njima u simbiozi,zaljubljuju se i sišu krv.

Za veći dio javnosti, vampir je krvopija koja noću napada spavače i polako ih usmrćuje sišući njihovu vitalnu tekućinu. Romani i filmovi dočarali su nam osobu koja navodno zazire od češnjaka i križa kao živog mrtvaca koji se boji dnevnog svjetla. Dok sja sunce, on se skriva u svom lijesu. Ima blijedu kožu s izduženim i oštrim očnjacima, grimiznim usnama i dugačkim noktima.

You've probably heard the phrase:ou "You drank my blood!" And you probably know the sweet movies from the "Twilight Saga" cycle. Like the True Blood series, movies about supernatural beings like Blade or Underworld. Vampires appear in everyone as part of the real world. They live in it, although they attack people at night, fight with werewolves, live in symbiosis with them, fall in love and suck blood.

For most of the public, a vampire is a bloodsucker who attacks sleepers at night and slowly kills them by sucking their vital fluid. Novels and movies have portrayed us as a person who supposedly shy away from garlic and the cross as a living dead man afraid of daylight. As the sun shines, he hides in his coffin. She has pale skin with elongated and sharp canines, crimson lips and long nails.

U zoologiji termin vampirizma ili krvopijstva navodi se za komarce,pijavice i šišmiše.Rijeć vampir potjeće iz slavenskog jezika

In zoology, the term vampirism or bloodsucking is used for mosquitoes, leeches and bats. The word vampire comes from the Slavic language.

Možda za ovo niste još čuli, ali 20. kolovoza je bio Svjetski dan komaraca. Iznenađeni ste? Ne, ne šalim se i baš u povodu tog dana pripremio sam vam nekoliko zanimljivih činjenica o komarcima. Možda ćete naučiti nešto korisno što će vam pomoći u borbi protiv ovih dosadnih insekata.

1. Zašto postoji Svjetski dan komaraca?

Svjetski dan komaraca je proglašen u čast britanskog liječnika Ronalda Rossa koji je krajem 19. stoljeća otkrio da ženke komaraca prenose malariju na ljude.

2. Najopasnija životinja na svijetu

Za koju biste životinju rekli da je najopasnija na svijetu? Jesu li vam odmah na pamet pali tigar, medvjed, morski pas ili zmije? U krivu ste! Najopasnije životinje na svijetu zapravo su, vjerovali ili ne, komarci. Zašto? Zato što se više ljudskih smrti povezuje s komarcima nego s ijednom drugom životinjom. Komarci ne prenose samo malariju, nego i mnoge druge smrtonosne bolesti poput žute groznice, denge groznice i encefalitisa.

3. Ženke uzrokuju probleme

Kada su posrijedi komarci, ženke su problematične jer samo nas one napadaju zbog krvi. Muški komarci preferiraju cvjetni nektar umjesto naše krvi. Tko bi rekao?

4. Želja za brzinom

Jeste li ikad pokušali uhvatiti komarca? Nije baš lako, zar ne? Iako vam se možda čini da su brži od Ferrarija, komarci zapravo lete brzinom od samo 2 kilometra na sat što ih čini jednima od najsporijih insekata. Ali, kako se onda doimaju tako brzima kada ih pokušavamo uhvatiti? Problem nije u tome što su oni prebrzi, mi smo jednostavno prespori.

5. Melem za uši

Zamislite – ležite u krevetu, ugasili ste svjetlo, opušteni ste i umorni, ''zreli'' za san. I baš kad vam kapci postaju sve teži, čujete zujanje komarca koje vam ne da zaspati. Zašto komarci proizvode to iritantno zujanje? Zato što mašu svojim malim krilima 300 do 600 puta u sekundi. E, to se zove brzina.

6. Volim vodu

Zašto uvijek nailazimo na komarce u blizini vodenih površina? Odgovor je jednostavan. Voda im je nužna za razmnožavanje i preživljavanje.

7. Kako me uvijek pronađu?

Uistinu, kako nas komarci pronalaze? Mnogi će reći da ''nanjuše'' miris krvi. Ali, to nije točno. U stvari, komarci uopće ne mogu ''nanjušiti'' krv. Njihovo najbolje oružje za pronalazak ljudi je detekcija ugljikova dioksida. Dakle, jedini način da ostanete izvan radara komaraca je da prestanete disati. Mi ljudi stvarno nemamo sreće…

8. Želim tvoju krv

Još jedna uobičajena zabluda o komarcima jest da su slični vampirima utoliko što žude za ljudskom krvlju. Komarci zapravo ne jedu krv, ženkama komaraca krv je potrebna kako bi dobile proteine za svoja jajašca. Možete pokušati s posudom punom hrane bogate proteinima kako biste ih odvratili od napada na vas.

9. Moram prestati piti

Ovo će vas možda šokirati, ali ljudi koji piju pivo privlačniji su komarcima! Zbog čega? Nitko ne zna točno, ali ima veze s mirisom piva. Prestanite piti pivo, ako ne želite da vas komarci opsjedaju više nego ostale.

You may not have heard of this yet, but August 20 was World Mosquito Day. Are you surprised? No, I'm not kidding and on the occasion of that day I prepared some interesting facts about mosquitoes. You may learn something useful to help you fight these annoying insects.

1. Why is there World Mosquito Day?

World Mosquito Day was declared in honor of the British physician Ronald Ross who discovered in the late 19th century that female mosquitoes transmit malaria to humans.

2. The most dangerous animal in the world

Which animal would you say is the most dangerous in the world? Did a tiger, bear, shark or snake immediately come to mind? You are wrong! The most dangerous animals in the world are actually, believe it or not, mosquitoes. Why? Because more human deaths are associated with mosquitoes than with any other animal. Mosquitoes transmit not only malaria, but also many other deadly diseases such as yellow fever, dengue fever and encephalitis.

3. Females cause problems

When it comes to mosquitoes, females are problematic because only they attack us for blood. Male mosquitoes prefer flower nectar instead of our blood. Who would say?

4. Desire for speed

Have you ever tried to catch a mosquito? It's not easy, is it? While they may seem faster than Ferrari, mosquitoes actually fly at just 2 miles per hour making them one of the slowest insects. But then how do they seem so fast when we try to catch them? The problem is not that they are too fast, we are simply too slow.

5. Ear balm

Imagine - you are lying in bed, you have turned off the light, you are relaxed and tired, "ripe" for sleep. And just as your eyelids get heavier, you hear the buzz of a mosquito that keeps you awake. Why do mosquitoes produce that annoying buzz? Because they wave their little wings 300 to 600 times a second. Well, it's called speed.

6. I love water

Why do we always come across mosquitoes near water surfaces? The answer is simple. They need water to reproduce and survive.

7. How do they always find me?

Indeed, how do mosquitoes find us? Many will say that they "smell" the smell of blood. But that is not true. In fact, mosquitoes can't "smell" blood at all. Their best weapon for finding humans is carbon dioxide detection. So the only way to stay out of mosquito radar is to stop breathing. We humans are really unlucky…

8. I want your blood

Another common misconception about mosquitoes is that they are similar to vampires in that they crave human blood. Mosquitoes don’t actually eat blood, female mosquitoes need blood to get protein for their eggs. You can try a bowl full of protein-rich foods to deter them from attacking you.

9. I have to stop drinking

This may shock you, but people who drink beer are more attracted to mosquitoes! For what? No one knows exactly, but it has to do with the smell of beer. Stop drinking beer if you don’t want mosquitoes to haunt you more than others....