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Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB <here@is.invalid> Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Mosquitoes: showers with cow urine Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 20:41:20 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: <utg37u$1qu7d$2@dont-email.me> Reply-To: JAB <here@is.invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 01:41:19 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="22b3a4ee3221c3e3cbf7a53513af51c2"; logging-data="1931501"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/qwJJp67XbN3dDWFRL3HJZ" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:hl8hRK0rnP7Lc8/bS6p2dhR42Ek= Bytes: 1678 Weird as it may look, Mundari and Dinka tribes of South Sudan take showers with cow urine because they think it's antiseptic and frees them from parasites and mosquitoes. https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1770090099675435238 ==================== "Mosquitoes were more attracted to people whose body odours contained more carboxylic acids (likely produced by skin microbes), over those with lower levels of carboxylic acids and elevated levels of eucalyptol (potentially related to a person's diet)." https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/scientists-discover-which-body-odours-mosquitoes-prefer/ Footnote - "The researchers were surprised by how effectively the mosquitoes could locate and choose between potential human meals within the huge arena."