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almostparent t1_irm4hba wrote
Reply to comment by UmdieEcke2 in Is it true that mosquitos and fleas like the taste of some people better than others? by Flodo_McFloodiloo
Saliva and sweat are super diluted blood, they can smell that on your skin but there's no definitive proof they smell hemoglobin specifically. I found an article on the saliva and sweat and them generally being more attracted to type O blood. I think it smells good to them the way food smells good to us. I have type O blood and I get bit way more than people I'm around with different blood types. Also in my opinion it might have something to do with them being pregnant, when humans get pregnant they crave stuff depending on what vitamins their body needs and sometimes the sense of smell can get hypersensitive I kinda imagine it's the same for other land creatures that are pregnant. https://www.healthline.com/health/mosquito-blood-type#research edit: a word
almostparent t1_irlvsf1 wrote
Reply to comment by tyler1128 in Is it true that mosquitos and fleas like the taste of some people better than others? by Flodo_McFloodiloo
I read somewhere that's it's because of the amount of hemoglobin in blood. It's more nutritious to them and type O blood has the most hemoglobin out of all the blood types.
almostparent t1_irus8lw wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Is it true that mosquitos and fleas like the taste of some people better than others? by Flodo_McFloodiloo
I don't think the level of hemoglobin is exact I just know type O has more than other blood types, maybe you just have more than her like how people are 50%-60% genetically similar to bananas, some people are more banana than others.