Mosquitoes are total discriminatory jerks, and here’s the proof you need to see.

They bite you when you’re sleeping, they bite when you’re awake. They don’t know if you’ve been bad or good, but they know your blood type — even if you don’t — which is actually kind of creepy, yeah? Yeah. Mosquitoes. are. the. worst. And here’s why some are even MORE worse than others.

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Nov 19, 2014

Photo credit: Photo by Cameron Webb on Unsplash – a close up of a mosquito on a white background

And if that wasn’t enough crazy facts about mosquitoes, here’s a really scary one: Every minute, a kid dies from malaria. Check out Malaria No More to learn what they’re doing to try to change that.

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