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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

TIL mosquitos can bleed animals to death if there are enough of them.

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TIL mosquitos can bleed animals to death if there are enough of them.

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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago
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Thick swarms of mosquitoes are killing livestock in Louisiana after Hurricane Laura
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The bites leave animals anemic and bleeding under their skins, and they also become exhausted from constantly moving in an attempt to avoid the insects.
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    Im surprised this has not been used in a movie.

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      It happened in the One Punch Man anime. There is a movie called Mosquito, but they are giant sized instead of a swarm. Land of the Lost had a giant one that mostly drained what’s his name.

      For movies they appear to have consistently gone with the giant mosquito approach.

      Special mention: The spiders in Arachnophobia drained people completely despite being about wolf spider sized, which is smaller than a tarantula.

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        You’re telling me that tarantulas can be bigger than a wolf?

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          Bigger than a wolf sized spider?

          No.

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        They also did it in Solar Opposites.

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      Since it takes quite a while, it’s not quite as cinematic as a swarm of bees.

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        yeah but that kinda makes it more horrific.

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito_(film)

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