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HealthRe: 19 Facts About Mosquitoes You Probably Didn’t Know by skinnyebans(op): 5:06pm On Jun 16, 2019
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Health19 Facts About Mosquitoes You Probably Didn’t Know by skinnyebans(op): 5:05pm On Jun 16, 2019
1. Only the female mosquitoes bite and suck blood. Both male and female mosquitoes feed on fruit and plant nectar but the female needs the blood for egg development. After feeding on human blood, she rests for a couple of days before laying eggs.

2.Over 3,500 species of mosquito exist; anopheles’ species are vectors for Plasmodium causing malaria, and others spread various forms of encephalitis.

3. Mosquito is a Spanish word which means ‘little fly’.

4. Mosquitoes are said to bite but they don’t have teeth. They pierce the skin with serrated proboscis.

5.Female mosquitoes are capable of laying up to 300 eggs in one go. These eggs need just about an inch of standing water to hatch.

6. The first 10 days in the life of mosquitoes are spent in water, transforming from egg, to larvae, to wrigglers, pupae and then into adult mosquito.

7. Mosquitoes are cold blooded and hibernate during the winter. Some lay eggs in freezing water and die. These eggs remain viable until the temperature rises before they can hatch.

8. Male mosquitoes have a short life span of less than or equal to 10 days while female mosquito can live for 2 months. The females of species that hibernate can live up to 6 months.

9. When seeking a mate, male mosquitoes locate the female by the sound of their wings. The females can beat their wings for up to 500 times per second.

10. The female mosquito can fly very far, very fast or very high to find her meal source.

11. Mosquitoes are capable of smelling human breath by aid of receptors located on their antennae which detect the CO2 released when we exhale. This helps them find their meal source.

12. The smell of sweat on your skin generally tells the mosquito to choose you. Mosquitoes love octenol, a chemical released in the sweat; they are also attracted to cholesterol, folic acid, certain bacteria, skin lotions and perfumes.

13. To choose the exact location to bite, the mosquito uses heat sensors which are positioned around their mouthparts to detect the warmth of the body, this warm part shows the presence of blood.

14. Mosquitoes feed day and night, though some like Aedes bite during the day while Culex start biting at dusk and continue into the dark.

15. Those bumps noticed on the sin after mosquito bites are actually filled with mosquito saliva. During mosquito bite, one part of the proboscis draws blood, while a second tube pumps saliva into the skin. The saliva contains mild pain killer and an-anticoagulant.

16. Little wonder we sleep through most bites. This saliva often results to allergic reactions in a number of people which leads to swelling and itching.

17. Mosquitoes cannot transmit HIV, the virus (HIV) are digested in the mosquitoes’ stomach so cannot be transferred.

18. Mosquitoes are considered to be the deadliest animal in the world, Anopheles in particular which leads to the death of the over I million people (mostly African) every year through malaria.

19. Standard mosquito repellents include DEET, picaridin and lemon-eucalyptus oil based mosquito repellents.
Dark clothing attracts mosquitoes due to heat retention.


Additional
Every vertebrate have their own species of mosquitoes that bites them, like wise every vertebrate have their own species of malaria parasites (Plasmodium app)
PropertiesRe: Windstorm Destroys 1,536 Rooms In Four Jigawa Lgas by skinnyebans(m): 5:55pm On Jun 14, 2019
People wey say dem dey serve for jigawa, how far
RomanceRe: Lady Breaks Down In Tears In Surulere Over Inability To Find A Husband (Pics) by skinnyebans(m): 9:06am On Jun 10, 2019
Pics
RomanceThe Most Hideous Or Cheapest Thing I Have Ever Experienced In A Relationship by skinnyebans(op): 9:05am On Jun 10, 2019
By Seun Akinlosotu
So, after digging through our archives of man gists, we remembered a very funny story from 2005. I actually remembered this story because my cousin who experienced this issue just sent me a message on whatsapp and I was just thinking, “see how far we’ve all come o”. Gone are the bullshit of yesteryears. Now we are all grown and wiser. While chatting with my cousin, I told the rest of the group who I was chatting with and instantly we all remembered the gist from 2005.
Oya, for privacy sake, let’s refer to my cousin as Folake. Folake moved to yankee like in early 2000’s and was hustling just like every young Nigerian girl back then; holding down multiple jobs and going to school at the same time. Well, she was also hustling relationships at that time. I use the word hustling because she was so bent on having a serious relationship and getting married back then. I use the word hustling because girls our age were just happy dating then. We were in our early to mid-twenties and my cousin is a lot younger than we are and had just hit the original acceptable legal age worldwide of 21 so what was the rush about settling down at that time? I tire, seriously.
Anyway, so sometime in 2005, all the girls were at my house chilling and Folake came by as well. We girls all had dates later that night so we were just hanging out till date time with our men. We mentioned this to Folake so she wouldn’t get too comfy and all. Folake was like “ehn, you people are going where? With who? To go and do what? Are you people serious right now? Haaa egbami o, what kind of man am I with for goodness sake!” Now, anyone who knows Folake knows she’s dramatic and theatrical when she’s emotional so it was just hilarious watching her ask a million questions at once.
It turns out Folake was dating a guy that was about 10 years older than she was (awon bros) and he was just down right trifling. They had been together for about 4 months then and the guy had never ever, as in lailai, never ever taken her out to the movies or to eat at a restaurant. You trust me now; I was like “what the hell’! WHY? Folake said anytime she asks bros to take her out to the movies his response would always be: “Mofie ke (movie ke), to do what? Do you know how much I pay for my cable T.V every month? Have you finished watching all the channels on it? When you finish watching them I’ll take you to the mofie theater”.

At this point all the girls were rolling on the floor in laughter. So one of the girls now asked why they had never gone out to eat. I mean, every couple has been on at least a few dinner or lunch dates now. Well, except Folake of course. She said bros would say “you want to go out to eat? What happened to the elubo and yam I bought from the African store? Don’t you know how to cook? What kind of food will they give you at Mickey D’s that you can’t cook at home? My friend enter the kitchen abeg”.
At this point no one was sitting upright at all. We were laughing so hard our ribs were hurting. I mean, like seriously men actually behave that way? I felt really bad for Folake then and there was a unanimous advice that she needed to do away with bros. How cheap and stingy can a man be in a relationship?
This leads to my question to you: what is the most hideous or cheapest thing you’ve ever experienced in a relationship?
I’ll tell you one of mine real quickly. An ex’s mother once told me that my ex (her son) is so stingy that the only birthday card he ever gave her was a birthday card one of his ex-girlfriend’s gave him. The front of the card said “Happy birthday to my lover”, and the inside ehn, okay so you know you write the name of the recipient at the top and your name (the giver) at the bottom right. Well ex, had crossed out his ex-girlfriend’s name at the bottom and wrote his name there and also crossed out his name that the ex-had written before and wrote his mum’s name there! Jesus!
Yes people, there are such men out there like that. It is my prayer in my night vigil this week that God will bind every such man and dissipate them from your life. May your paths never cross, even on 3rd mainland bridge traffic. In Jesus Name we pray Amen!

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BusinessRe: 5 Ways To Identify Fake Currency Notes by skinnyebans(m): 7:13pm On Jun 08, 2019
That was how a friend of mine was duped while selling his phone, all notes were fake. Heard he later used it to buy petty stuff around neighborhood
PropertiesRe: See House Built Entirely From Beer glass Bottles ( Photos ) by skinnyebans(m): 7:00pm On Jun 07, 2019
Cool
EducationRe: Students React To Tiwa Savage Tomboy Dressing See Photos by skinnyebans(m): 6:41pm On Jun 07, 2019
Following
PoliticsRe: Sanwo-olu Sworn-in As Governor Of Lagos by skinnyebans(m): 2:16pm On May 29, 2019
Nice one smiley
FamilyRe: Avoid Family Pornography!!!! by skinnyebans(op): 7:31pm On May 27, 2019
lilianofentse:
Nice advertising strategy. You start with advise and then boom, we get a link. grin
Nah... Nothing of such

Just posted where I got it from
Nairaland GeneralRe: UNICAL Campus Bus Catches Fire (Photo) by skinnyebans(m): 6:33pm On May 26, 2019
Thank God nobody died
InvestmentRe: Easy And Legit Daily Pay by skinnyebans(m): 10:00pm On May 20, 2019
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CrimeRe: NDU Medical Student Plunges Into A River After Failing An Exam by skinnyebans(m): 9:21pm On May 20, 2019
Rip
Crime100k Watch Posted On One Of The Security Officials Excorting Naira Marley by skinnyebans(op): 9:18pm On May 20, 2019
100k apple 40mm watch posted on one of the security officials excorting Naira marley during his trial today.

That official too na yahoo boi.

CelebritiesRe: EFCC Releases Full Statement On Naira Marley's Arraignment by skinnyebans(m): 6:52pm On May 20, 2019
Oshey, baba is out
CrimeRe: Thief Beaten By Angry Mob In Lagos (Photos) by skinnyebans(m): 7:40pm On May 14, 2019
He obeyed, thats why they didnt beat him dat much
CrimeRe: Internet Fraud: EFCC Secures Four Convictions In One Day by skinnyebans(m): 7:37pm On May 14, 2019
Interesting
FamilyRe: The Best Child Locator Watch, Worth Buying The Most In 2019 by skinnyebans(m): 5:21pm On May 14, 2019
How does it work
CrimeMan Imprisoned For 28 YEARS After Woman Dreamed That He Raped Her by skinnyebans(op): 4:47pm On May 14, 2019
A man imprisoned for 28 years after a woman said she dreamed that he raped her could be freed after a Denver judge overturned his conviction, saying he would likely be acquitted at a new trial because someone else confessed to the crime.

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Clarence Moses-EL was convicted in 1988 and sentenced to 48 years in prison for raping and assaulting a woman when she returned home from a night of drinking. When police initially asked who attacked her, she named the man who later confessed.

More than a day after the assault, while in the hospital, the woman identified Moses-EL as her attacker, saying his face came to her in a dream.

Moses-EL has long claimed he was innocent. But his efforts to appeal his conviction were unsuccessful, in part because Denver police threw away DNA evidence from the attack. Police destroyed body swabs and the victim's clothing despite a judge's order to preserve it for testing that could have confirmed Moses-EL's guilt or innocence.

The case inspired legislation requiring the preservation of DNA evidence in major felony cases for a defendant's lifetime. Lawmakers also took the rare step of sponsoring a bill ordering a new trial for Moses-EL, but it was scrapped after then-Gov. Bill Ritter, a former prosecutor, threatened to veto it.

His break came in December 2013 when another man, L.C. Jackson, sent him a letter in prison saying he couldn't believe Moses-EL was accused of raping the woman because he 'had sex' with her at the same time that night.

'I really don't know what to say to you, but let's start by bringing what was done in the dark into the light,' Jackson wrote, according to court documents. 'I have a lot on my heart.'

The letter led to a hearing in July, where Jackson testified that he became angry during sex with the woman and hit her in the face. The woman told police that she was lying down to sleep when a man put his hands around her neck and raped her.

Jackson has not been charged in that case. But DNA evidence led to his conviction in the 1992 rapes of a mother and daughter that happened about a mile and a half away from the first woman's home. There was no way to immediately reach him Wednesday, with records showing he is in prison.

CareerRe: Man Dies In Enugu As Foundation At A Construction Site Collapses On Him (Graphic by skinnyebans(m): 4:19pm On May 14, 2019
Damn... RIP
Christianity EtcQatar Police Vs Naija Police Officers by skinnyebans(op): 12:05pm On May 14, 2019
These are Qatar police officers sharing refreshments to road users stuck in traffic to break their fast!.. While useless Nigeria Police is busy collecting N50:00
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ComputersRe: Thinkpad X1 As Lenovo Releases The World’s First Foldable Screen Notebook Proto. by skinnyebans(m): 10:20am On May 14, 2019
Nice
CultureRe: King Mswati Of Swaziland Who Has 15 Wives Orders Men In His Country To Marry Mor by skinnyebans(op): 10:17am On May 14, 2019
DSS1335:
shocked
Imagine free marriage with lots of women to bang
What am still doing in this shithole working my ass out 24/7 with no better incentives?
Na to just move to Swazi be d sure thing at least man fit get luck with free kpekus
I dey tell you grin grin grin grin grin
FamilyAvoid Family Pornography!!!! by skinnyebans(op): 10:14am On May 14, 2019
AVOID FAMILY PORNOGRAPHY!!!!
MUMMY!!
Please Stop sitting as if you are in the labour room; Opening your legs for your son to see your inner tight & pant.
DADDY!!
Please Don't wear ordinary boxers at home that you sit down,Open your legs and your 'thing' is dangling and your daughter is seeing it.
There are things you should not wear beyond your bedroom, just for your spouse.
Don't say because you want to enjoy your freedom in your house.
It is not your house alone, it's a family house/home.
You are putting your children into sexual bondage through these acts.i know you may not understand it but,
MUMMY!
Wearing ordinary bra around the house in the presence of your sons is dangerous.
No, they won't lust after you. But you might be increasing their curiosity to see the breasts of ladies out there.
DADDY!
Wearing ordinary Boxers around your house in the presence of your daughters is dangerous too.
Not that your daughters will lust after you but it make them to actually see how the real thing is.
DEAR PARENTS!
Let's stop being 'PORNOGRAPHY MATERIALS'to our children. Raising sexually pure children, it begins at home.'
As parents, it is still yout responsibility to build virtue into your family.
If your Children are not properly groomed, they may never get to the top in life, even if you the parents are at the top of your respective careers.
MANNERS take you to where your education can't irrespective of your status , money or "who you know".
PLEASE MUMS & DADS, take note of what you just read now. Don't make mistakes that will bring you pain and sorrow in the future.
Don't say you are not married, you will soon get married, please put this into practice.
Remember a child's mind is like a video camera, it records everything as it sees or hear it. A replay of it will tell you the things you have done how you did or say it.
May God bless you and your wonderful homes.
For more tips on child discipline, comments, supports and contribution, click on the link below and join our group "Effective Parenting Arena (EPA)
https://www./222891775330925/
CultureKing Mswati Of Swaziland Who Has 15 Wives Orders Men In His Country To Marry Mor by skinnyebans(op): 9:58am On May 14, 2019
King Mswati III of Swaziland has declared in Mbabane Swaziland that men will from June 2019 be required to marry at least two or more wives or be jailed if they fail to do so.
The king, who has 15 wives and 25 children, while his father and predecessor has more than 70 wives and 150+ children, noted that there are more women than men in Swaziland which he says is a very serious problem for a country, which is known to be full of virgins.

According to IHarare, men from Swaziland are therefore required and expected to take more wives so that every woman gets a husband.

In a statement, king Mswati called for all men in the country to marry at least five wives and the government assured the men that it would pay for the marriage ceremonies and buy houses for them.



King Mswati warned that any man or woman who opposes the decision “will face a life sentence”.

BusinessRead And Be Inspired by skinnyebans(op): 9:45am On May 14, 2019
Jack Ma is a true Hero of change. He is an example of rag to riches story.
He grew up in the poorest communist in China, failed his college exam twice, rejected ten times by Harvard university, rejected from dozens of jobs, including KFC, before finding success with his third internet company Alibaba.
� Jack Ma applied for china police recruitment; 8 persons applied including himself but 7 persons were chosen and he was
left out.
� He applied for another Job they pick 2 persons and he was left out.
� Before Alibaba started he disclosed the vision to 10 of his friend 9 mocked him and turn him down because at that time Internet and computer gadget where scarce in China.
He only had the vision of linking business together a way in which a local apple seller can have international demand and link with other processing company; as at then he was a very poor teavher . Everyone say he was mad he didn't even know about the computer.
Today Jack Ma is the number one richest man in China. Fresh off the biggest IPO in history, Alibaba founder and Chairman. Jack is now worth an estimate $25 billion, which his 7.8% stake in Alibaba and a nearly 50% stake in payment processing service Alipay.
Jack Ma affirm in Bill Clinton talk show that till date he does not know much about the computer but a change in his mind with necessary action made him achieve all.
Find out change rudiments and how to take action for change in this book;
http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/changedynamics/24677960
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/936214

CelebritiesRe: Egor Efiok Shades Toke Makinwa Over Her Plastic Surgery Ass And Bleaching by skinnyebans(m): 9:53pm On May 12, 2019
undecided
PoliticsRe: Daughter Of Emir Sanusi Opens Up About Her Father - VIDEO by skinnyebans(m): 10:25am On May 11, 2019
Ok
CelebritiesRe: Video Of Naira Marley And Olamide Mocking EFCC After Release by skinnyebans(m): 10:18am On May 11, 2019
Can u imagine
CelebritiesRe: See Aftermath Of Fire That Razed OAP Yaw’s House In Lagos by skinnyebans(m): 10:14am On May 11, 2019
Wow, so sorry bro

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