An example of anthropomorphism in public science discourse:`
"There's some very sweet and beautiful vegan mosquitoes who do not want to kill us…So, there's vegan mosquitoes who get everything they need from plants, but the blood feeding mosquitoes have figured out how to get a giant protein-rich meal mostly from humans and they need that to make eggs….They're being good mums, they want to provision their offspring with the biggest meal possible.
…They love everything about humans, so [blood left out for mosquitoes to feed]'s not going to be as alluring an experience to them, so they need the blood to be warm, they need to be attracted, they like the feeling of piercing skin.
The mosquitoes say like 'haha, you are all like sleeping under these nets where we can't get at you' and so slowly the population moves to day biting is terrifying because they realise that we are not going to walk around wearing bed nets, as we go about our day."
Professor Leslie Vosshall (Rockefeller University) was talking on an episode ('Don't Bite Me!') of Curious Cases.
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