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“...Thousands of years ago, one particular lineage got a taste for humans, who had recently started living in densely populated settlements. Drawn to these sites, Aedes aegypti transformed into an urban animal that prefers towns over forests and... is tuned to the distinctive cues of our bodies above all else. This mosquito is now among the planet's most effective hunters of humans, and is extremely picky about anything else.”

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Book:An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
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