{"id":9696,"date":"2022-07-02T09:16:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T23:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2dpoint.net\/?p=9696"},"modified":"2022-07-19T05:42:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T19:42:39","slug":"why-dont-mosquitoes-bite-when-you-sleep-in-the-air-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2dpoint.net\/why-dont-mosquitoes-bite-when-you-sleep-in-the-air-con\/","title":{"rendered":"Why don\u2019t mosquitoes bite when you sleep in the air-con?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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  1. Human beings are warm-blooded creatures, and so are most mammals and birds.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. This means nature has gifted us several means to maintain a constant internal temperature \u2014 around 98.6\u00b0F.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. These means include shivering, sweating, panting, etc., to increase or decrease the temperature when required.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Warm-blooded creatures can be as active in winter as summer \u2014 just that they need to optimise resources differently (e.g., eat and burn more food in winters).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. The cold-blooded creatures don\u2019t have the means to regulate the temperature.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. So, they rely on external means to maintain temperature.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. E.g. reptiles maintain the temperature by changing the environment \u2014 they lie down in the sun when they need heat and take a dip in the water when they want to cool off.<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. And cold-blooded creatures become inactive when the temperatures drop.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Mosquitoes are cold-blooded, and the drop in temperature because of the AC is one of the reasons why they don\u2019t bite in AC.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Mosquitoes need a temperature of around 80\u00b0F (26.6\u00b0C) to be at their best performance.<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Any temperature below 50\u00b0F (10\u00b0C) will kill mosquitoes, while 65-70\u00b0F repels and keeps them from disturbing you.<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. Also, mosquitoes\u00a0<\/span>find their targets<\/span><\/a>\u00a0by detecting body heat and carbon dioxide.<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. AC reduces our body temperature, and the AC breeze interferes with the carbon dioxide we exhale, making it difficult for the mosquitoes to find us.<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. The breeze also means mosquitoes cannot maintain balance while flying, making their job even trickier.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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