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Why is the mosquito considered the worst enemy of man?

Imagine yourself playing or just basking in the sun on a fine summer day. And suddenly you hear some buzzing and soon you feel a sting piercing into your arm or leg. Slapping yourself hard on the spot, you look down and see a tiny speck of blood. This means that you have just entered into battle with one of the worst enemies of man. For most of us, the mosquito is nothing more than an annoying parasite whose nasal buzz annoys us so much, especially at night. Also unpleasant is the bite of a mosquito, and the way the bite itches.

But this little insect is not just a parasite. Being the distributors of malaria and yellow fever, mosquitoes played a role in the fall of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations and killed many travelers who discovered new lands. Tropical coasts and other places with a hot climate are sparsely populated and underdeveloped, largely due to the proximity to mosquitoes.

Fortunately, in recent years, people have learned to fight the diseases that these parasites spread around the world. The male mosquito feeds only on plant juices, but the female prefers blood! So only females bite and, I must say, they have the appropriate equipment for this "work"! The proboscis of the female mosquito is equipped with a sharp point with jagged edges, as well as channels for injection and suction.

As soon as the female mosquito sits on the skin, she immediately begins to bore it. It injects a chemical compound into the tiny hole that has formed, which prevents the blood from coagulating or baking, after which it sucks out the blood and flies away. Usually, the fact that this place itches is not caused by the bite itself, but by the very injected liquid. So if you kill a mosquito before it has had a chance to suck that liquid back in along with the blood, the unpleasant sensation will be even worse!

Author: Likum A.

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What animal skin did Hercules use as his only clothing?

As punishment for the murder of his sons from Megara, the oracle ordered Hercules to serve the Tirynthian king Eurystheus for twelve years and perform ten labors at his command. Hercules was very upset, not wanting to serve a man who, as he knew, was inferior to him in many ways, however, fearing to disobey his father Zeus, he gave himself into the power of Eurystheus.

The first feat that Eurystheus ordered Heracles to perform was to kill the Nemean lion, whose skin reliably protected from iron, bronze and stone. Hercules reached Nemea at noon and there he saw the beast, which was returning to its lair, covered in the blood of the victims of the day's hunt. The hero fired a quiver of arrows at him, but they only bounced off the thick hide. The lion, yawning, licked its lips in anticipation of a new victim. Then Hercules resorted to the sword, but the blade bent as if it were made of lead. Finally, he swung his club and dealt such a blow to the head of the beast that the lion trudged into the cave, shaking his head, but not from pain, but only from the ringing in his ears.

Glancing dejectedly at the club broken into chips, Hercules entered the cave. Knowing now that no weapon could harm the monster, he grabbed the lion by the neck and strangled it with his hands with great effort. When he brought the slain beast to Mycenae, Eurystheus was so frightened that he ordered Hercules to no longer enter the city, showing the booty in front of the city gates. Eurystheus even built himself a bronze pithos in the ground, where he hid from Hercules, preferring to communicate with him only through the herald Kopreya.

The skin of the Nemean lion, which reliably protected, as mentioned above, from iron, bronze and stone, Hercules later used as a cloak - his only clothing.

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