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The Mexican Chronicles – Eleven
The first Angolan roadblock we saw was a joke: a few policemen with machine guns, and they were all sleeping. Later we learned that the police and soldiers were mortal enemies. We arrived at a camp in the dark, could not see much.
We were shown to a tent without lights. We collected a kas, a bed frame and a mattress, all of which we had been sitting on top of in the truck. All this was done in the dark; one could only make out the vague shapes of bush and tents at this stage. One guy was already set up in the tent. Tall and skinny, he was the friendliest person we had met thus far. As we had been told not to bring anything with us, we had no torch, and not even a candle. “Skinny” told us to set up our mossie nets before anything else. He was quite right; the mossies at Longa are the worst I have ever seen. Clouds of them, early in the morning and all night. If you slapped your leg, your hand came away black. They drank Mylon for starters and our blood as a chaser! Before a month was out most of us at camp had malaria and symptoms of other strange diseases which I’m sure the mossies carried as spare ammunition to try and kill us off. We dubbed them “the Angolan Air Force”; eventually I had two mossie nets although they were suffocating in the extreme heat. I was one of the few that did not fall ill right at the beginning.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Eleven
The first Angolan roadblock we saw was a joke: a few policemen with machine guns, and they were all sleeping. Later we learned that the police and soldiers were mortal enemies. We arrived at a camp in the dark, could not see much.
We were shown to a tent without lights. We collected a kas, a bed frame and a mattress, all of which we had been sitting on top of in the truck. All this was done in the dark; one could only make out the vague shapes of bush and tents at this stage. One guy was already set up in the tent. Tall and skinny, he was the friendliest person we had met thus far. As we had been told not to bring anything with us, we had no torch, and not even a candle. “Skinny” told us to set up our mossie nets before anything else. He was quite right; the mossies at Longa are the worst I have ever seen. Clouds of them, early in the morning and all night. If you slapped your leg, your hand came away black. They drank Mylon for starters and our blood as a chaser! Before a month was out most of us at camp had malaria and symptoms of other strange diseases which I’m sure the mossies carried as spare ammunition to try and kill us off. We dubbed them “the Angolan Air Force”; eventually I had two mossie nets although they were suffocating in the extreme heat. I was one of the few that did not fall ill right at the beginning.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Eleven
The first Angolan roadblock we saw was a joke: a few policemen with machine guns, and they were all sleeping. Later we learned that the police and soldiers were mortal enemies. We arrived at a camp in the dark, could not see much.
We were shown to a tent without lights. We collected a kas, a bed frame and a mattress, all of which we had been sitting on top of in the truck. All this was done in the dark; one could only make out the vague shapes of bush and tents at this stage. One guy was already set up in the tent. Tall and skinny, he was the friendliest person we had met thus far. As we had been told not to bring anything with us, we had no torch, and not even a candle. “Skinny” told us to set up our mossie nets before anything else. He was quite right; the mossies at Longa are the worst I have ever seen. Clouds of them, early in the morning and all night. If you slapped your leg, your hand came away black. They drank Mylon for starters and our blood as a chaser! Before a month was out most of us at camp had malaria and symptoms of other strange diseases which I’m sure the mossies carried as spare ammunition to try and kill us off. We dubbed them “the Angolan Air Force”; eventually I had two mossie nets although they were suffocating in the extreme heat. I was one of the few that did not fall ill right at the beginning.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Eleven
The first Angolan roadblock we saw was a joke: a few policemen with machine guns, and they were all sleeping. Later we learned that the police and soldiers were mortal enemies. We arrived at a camp in the dark, could not see much.
We were shown to a tent without lights. We collected a kas, a bed frame and a mattress, all of which we had been sitting on top of in the truck. All this was done in the dark; one could only make out the vague shapes of bush and tents at this stage. One guy was already set up in the tent. Tall and skinny, he was the friendliest person we had met thus far. As we had been told not to bring anything with us, we had no torch, and not even a candle. “Skinny” told us to set up our mossie nets before anything else. He was quite right; the mossies at Longa are the worst I have ever seen. Clouds of them, early in the morning and all night. If you slapped your leg, your hand came away black. They drank Mylon for starters and our blood as a chaser! Before a month was out most of us at camp had malaria and symptoms of other strange diseases which I’m sure the mossies carried as spare ammunition to try and kill us off. We dubbed them “the Angolan Air Force”; eventually I had two mossie nets although they were suffocating in the extreme heat. I was one of the few that did not fall ill right at the beginning.
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The Mexican Chronicles – Eleven
The first Angolan roadblock we saw was a joke: a few policemen with machine guns, and they were all sleeping. Later we learned that the police and soldiers were mortal enemies. We arrived at a camp in the dark, could not see much.
We were shown to a tent without lights. We collected a kas, a bed frame and a mattress, all of which we had been sitting on top of in the truck. All this was done in the dark; one could only make out the vague shapes of bush and tents at this stage. One guy was already set up in the tent. Tall and skinny, he was the friendliest person we had met thus far. As we had been told not to bring anything with us, we had no torch, and not even a candle. “Skinny” told us to set up our mossie nets before anything else. He was quite right; the mossies at Longa are the worst I have ever seen. Clouds of them, early in the morning and all night. If you slapped your leg, your hand came away black. They drank Mylon for starters and our blood as a chaser! Before a month was out most of us at camp had malaria and symptoms of other strange diseases which I’m sure the mossies carried as spare ammunition to try and kill us off. We dubbed them “the Angolan Air Force”; eventually I had two mossie nets although they were suffocating in the extreme heat. I was one of the few that did not fall ill right at the beginning.
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#Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and #Mosquito Printers: The #IgNobels of 2026
Every year, the prizes recognize the weirdest research that often raises some very serious scientific questions.
https://www.wired.com/story/cockroach-milk-mosquito-printers-ig-nobels-of-2026/
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#Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and #Mosquito Printers: The #IgNobels of 2026
Every year, the prizes recognize the weirdest research that often raises some very serious scientific questions.
https://www.wired.com/story/cockroach-milk-mosquito-printers-ig-nobels-of-2026/
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#Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and #Mosquito Printers: The #IgNobels of 2026
Every year, the prizes recognize the weirdest research that often raises some very serious scientific questions.
https://www.wired.com/story/cockroach-milk-mosquito-printers-ig-nobels-of-2026/
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#Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and #Mosquito Printers: The #IgNobels of 2026
Every year, the prizes recognize the weirdest research that often raises some very serious scientific questions.
https://www.wired.com/story/cockroach-milk-mosquito-printers-ig-nobels-of-2026/
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#Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and #Mosquito Printers: The #IgNobels of 2026
Every year, the prizes recognize the weirdest research that often raises some very serious scientific questions.
https://www.wired.com/story/cockroach-milk-mosquito-printers-ig-nobels-of-2026/
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🦟 NEW: Researchers tested how three South #Florida mosquito species, Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, and Culex quinquefasciatus, responded to 119 human volunteers using a device that let #insects approach without biting.
They matched each species to specific #skin odors and bacterial communities. Each #mosquito favored different #microbes, and no single person attracted all three species.
#science #biology #microbiome #research #nature #animals #dengue #westnile #health #insects #study
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Keeping Mosquitoes Away with Catnip-Based Repellent
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Photo of the Day 21st January 2026.
On This Day 21st January 2006. Winglet Wednesday 21st January 2026. Bonus Photo of the Day 21st January 2026.https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/01/21/photo-of-the-day-21st-january-2026/
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Researchers document mosquito species in Puerto Rico that launches eggs aerially, one at a time, into the pools of water that collect between bracts of a plant. See figure 2. Seriously, see figure 2. So cool. #PuertoRico #mosquito #diptera #culex #oviposition #nature #heliconiaceae https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-15955-0
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The Hidden Dangers Mosquito Bites Can Cause.
#mosquito #pestcontrol #dengue #mosquitoes #mosquitobites #mosquitorepellent #insects #insect #mosquitos #malaria #mosquitokiller #nature #mosquitocontrol #bugs #health #o #zika #endmalaria #defeatmalaria #controledepragas #summer #insectrepellent #worldmalariaday #chikungunya Hello my dear readers, God has created many types of creatures in this world. God created human beings. Human beings are considered to be the most…
https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/the-hidden-dangers-mosquito-bites-can-cause/
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【PinkPantheressの魅力】ラブリーサマーちゃんが深掘り
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08oOwNBdStM
#youtube_McGuffin2017 #マクガフィン #McGuffin #ミレニアル #ミレニアル世代 #PinkPantheress #Boys_ALiar #Ice_Spice #ラブリーサマーちゃん #NewJeans #K_pop #HEAVENKNOWS #Y2K #UKガレージ #Mosquito #TikTok #Angel #Barbie #Pop #Dance #Dance_Pop #Indie_Pop #Pop_Video #Electronic #Electronic_Pop #Pop_Electronic #IMust_Apologise #Passion #深掘り #ピンクパンサレス #パワパフ #Z世代 #シンガーソングライター #Billboard_Hot_100 #ラブサマちゃん #今泉愛夏 #beabadoobee #愛好家 #ポップ #ドラム_ベース -
To round off #WorldImmunisationWeek check out the recent review from Filipa Henderson, Peter Barlow & colleagues that discusses advances in #vaccines for #chikungunya - an understudied #mosquito borne #virus with increasing global infections and impact 🦟
📰https://journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/16/4/dmm049804/301041/
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The researchers estimate that Anopheles #mosquito populations in sub-#Saharan #Africa have gained an average of 6.5 meters (21 feet) of elevation per year, and the southern limits of their ranges moved south of the equator by 4.7 kilometers (nearly 3 miles) per year.
#malaria #ClimateChange #Environmental #Biology #Medical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/02/en02152301.html