Drop the Bass
2019-04-02 19:24:51.780663+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Mosquitoes Sucked Less Blood (and Had Less Sex) While Listening to Skrillex, Study Finds
The authors of the new study, published March 25 in the journal Acta Tropica, wanted to test whether loud music could be used to manipulate mosquito behavior as an "environmentally friendly" alternative to insecticides. Because mating and blood-sucking are the main means by which mosquitoes transmit deadly diseases like Zika virus and dengue fever, interrupting those behaviors with obnoxious noise could also mitigate the spread of disease, the authors wrote.