Are Some People Immune To Mosquitoes?

[@wulf7744]

Shoutout to the male mosquitoes.

[@jonetgames]

So the mosquito spits IN you? Major disrespect.

[@user-vd5ii4eo7u]

That bitch! She spit IN me! Lol NOOOOO 😱

[@do-rightsolar6455]

When I was in Costa Rica, I received lots of bites that then formed "wheals". I noticed the Ticos (local Costa Ricans) never had any wheals and wondered if they were not receiving bites or were just not reacting to them. Then one day I observed a mosquito sucking the blood from a Tico and my follow-up observation showed No Wheal! Thus, there are whole populations that receive mosquito bites but no suffer no wheals.

[@alexcrowder1673]

One actually landed on me about a month ago! I was so surprised that I pointed it out to my fiancé...... buuut, then it changed its mind and flew away. I have been bitten before, but not for about a decade. At least after watching this video I know it has to do with odor and that it’s not something wrong with me or my blood lol!

[@dbsirius]

"Wheal" sounds like something Stewie Griffin would say.

[@Master_Therion]

+dbsirius Cool Whip.

[@BrainStuffShow]

+dbsirius I thought of the same thing! -Ben

[@Jonilee4292]

This made me really itchy

[@cyberpunkhowl674]

I watched this because mosquitoes used to love me and now they no longer bite me even when there are tons of them and I’m wondering what changed

[@yungskrrskrr6550]

I am covered in mosquito bites. When I go camping all my friends are safe because mosquitoes will swarm me. Even if I'm wearing 100% DEET bug spray.

[@l.s3316]

Bruh the mosquitoes bite everyone BUT me.

[@mcloayza29]

I feel for you!

[@sophesteranimates]

I've never been bit by a mosquito ever. no joke.

[@etienne7930]

Me too, meanwhile otherwise for my brother

[@banananana7584]

Introverts

[@replosite3571]

Same

[@maurovijverman861]

What? As a kid I got like 30 bites on my back and like 20 on other places every 3-4 days

[@denirn8725]

PLEASE? Tell us your 🩸 Blood Type? I’m gonna guess TypeA+ or AB +. How lucky you are indeed!

[@teenwolfwannabe4788]

Did you guys do a video on why some people can't "get high" or "drunk"?

[@silvereagle90000]

4:05 I guess I'm in that group, probably most people are. I went fishing in a place with clouds of mosquitoes, and after a few months there was no reason to use DEET. I would get bit all night, but as long as I didn't scratch it for 20 mins, it would simply be gone. Funny enough, those that were with me would use everything under to sun, yet still have bumps for a couple days after.

[@jerm1027]

I'm like mosquito heroin. I never get a single bite, I usually get at least a half dozen or so. The last time I got bit was around the same time mosquitos were spotted with West Nile Virus in my area. Those are great odds. :/

[@lindaprovaznikova1323]

I live in Italy and in the summer we have plenty of mosquitoes..However I can stay in a room with 100 mosquitoes and none of them would suck my blood.

[@fuadkhan2571]

Awesome video! I have a strong hunch that mosquito bites also confer some immune advantage to certain people, like lesser chances of being infected by certain viruses and such, just like intestinal worms modulate your immune system to prevent allergies and asthma. It is not all bad.

[@HiddenThicket]

I'm only "immune" to local mosquitoes. Missouri (where I live) mosquitoes don't bother me. I'm not sure about their attractedness to me necessarily. I mean, they bite me sometimes- no more than average, I'm sure- and I feel it, but I never develop wheals. If anything, they annoy me more by buzzing in my ears and eyes than they do by biting me- which can be exceptionally painful! I guess some species don't have quite the pain killer I need to ignore them (those species get smushed). Fortunately, Missouri mosquitoes don't carry diseases, with the possible exception of West Nile in some areas. That disease is well controlled by cold winters, though. Having said that, when I went to Florida on vacation, the mosquito bites were like getting stung by a bee. Still not much of a wheal, but terrible general itching. Local mosquitoes don't make me itch at all.

[@ClassicTycoon]

You guys should do a video on why cars make that "helicopter" effect when the back windows are rolled down while driving.

[@BrainStuffShow]

+Deron1733 This is a great idea! I'm on it. Hey other BrainStuff hosts: I call dibs! -Ben

[@luccakerlin2820]

+BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks hey can I ask you a question?

[@Montano76]

That noise hurts my ears so bad, I feel like my ears are going to pop.

[@ClassicTycoon]

+BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks This still going to happen?

[@jgl1991]

That dreaded sound is caused because of air-pressure displacement. When you have the window(s) down, You have air trying to get into your car and out of your car. Because you have two different pressures acting against each other, you hear that helicopter sound. It's just air-pressure outside interfering with the air-pressure inside. Since the two pressures are different, you hear that sound. Also, just FYI, sound waves are carried best by air. Hence why you hear differently underwater and why they say there's no sound in space. (There is some sound, but not much. Very minimal) SOURCE: Just my hypothesis. I took Physics for 2 years in high school (Honors & AP) + another 3 Years in college.

[@sairushagovindsamy499]

I had to resit the instinctal urge to smack the screen

[@BrainStuffShow]

+Sairusha Govindsamy We're glad you didn't!

[@lincoln6981]

I rarely get bit. I'm glad lol , wish more people were like that

[@rsmzm2000]

I get "bit" very often. I live in a rural area and I spend a lot of time outdoors. I have NEVER ONCE had a red itchy bump from mosquitoes. Not a single one.

[@etienne7930]

My father and I are resistant to musquitos, while my mother and my brother aren't

[@marioroz3142]

Actually it depends where I am, I have been living in Thailand for some years and I have noticed that mosquitoes doesn't go after me as much as the locals, but back in my home town in Mexico, I usually suffer from mosquito bites when they are on season.

[@BrainStuffShow]

+Mario Roz (mroz) Fascinating. -B

[@ForeverMasterless]

I've never had a mosquito bite in my life. I used to think they just didn't bite me when I was younger, but I've since caught/felt them doing it enough times that I know they do bite me, I just don't react to it at all. But they might also just bite me less than they bite other people, idk, hard to say.

[@jameswhite9127]

As far as I'm tracking, I haven't noticed to many mosquitoes in the southern California area, and I am not complaining.

[@angelbear_og]

"Wear long sleeves"... HA! I get bit (probosced?) through clothing all the time! Super-allergic reactions, too. :(

[@JordanPeterson.]

I just feel a sting but my body doesn't react to it at all..I'm immortal

[@kelvin_cancer5671]

No your immune like me

[@AngelTerri]

Mosquitos bite me so much and leave others in my family alone. It sucks

[@hanstun1]

We all have a friend that mosquitoes love above all others. Usually the ones that look like they were raised on a diet of white bread in a dark basement. Stick close to that guy and you will be fine.

[@SalahDemeer007]

You guys mentioned the 2 types of smells that repel mosquitos, but didn't say anything about the types of smells that attracts mosquitos!? Anyways, I'm a mosquito magnet damnit 😑

[@dingoman3137]

I'm avoided by them.

[@killian_reid]

They never bite me.

[@DavideF2005]

I am an anti mosquito guy, they don't bite me at all, but this thing started when i hit puberty, now i am 25, and they still don't bite me

[@bigmac7077]

My auntie lives in practically in a jungle Hawaii, Getting Bit all day, haven’t watched the video yet but you definitely can

[@mikolajpatyna8343]

I'm skinny and I never exercise but yet mosquitoes just love me too much

[@angelbear_og]

+TurkeyMustache Me too. Not pregnant either...

[@mikolajpatyna8343]

im a guy so i dont think im pregnant

[@mcloayza29]

By all odds I should be getting bitten all the time, I am a big person, I sweat a lot in summer or after exercise, I love floral eau de toilette, I like sweet foods.. and yet, I do not get bitten. But then I guess I do have in favour: I am A+ blood type and I have to take tons of B12 daily, and Ive read somewhere that vitam B repells them.... could this be the reason?

[@user-vd5ii4eo7u]

I'm A+ also and they will not touch me...lol no matter what...

[@Char12403]

When I went to summer camp when I was younger we counted around 250 mosquito bites on my body at one point.

[@brianphillips4115]

i have noticed that local mosquitoes avoid auto mechanics. i can only assume the scent of motor oil soaked into the skin is the reason

[@mg4468]

I’m 60 & I haven’t been bitten by a mosquito since I was 12. They land on me, put their stinger in slightly then they just fly away…apparently I taste bad.

[@eileenbrynn1425]

If you eat thyme they won't like you. (My doctor told me this)

[@TheQuietTyper]

I think if they studied which chemicals my body puts off, I think I might produce a bit more of the geranyl acetone. My evidence for thinking this is that 1) I rarely have a bad smell (I could wear the same pair of pajamas for over a week before their smell starts turning bad) and 2) I rarely get mosquito bites (depending on how much I'm outside, I might get about a dozen over the whole season, but that's one or two every so often compared to my sister's legs who are covered in wheals, and we grew up with a pond in our yard).

[@jod125]

"Wh-eal"

[@Redneck_4wheelers]

I rarely ever get bit by bugs mosquitoes fleas ticks at all however bees and wasps hate me tho

[@seatbelttruck]

That's a really cool study.

[@aMEXICO2010]

mosquitos are always over me 😩 its painful

[@ViraIshnia]

Mosquitoes avoid my mom like she carries the plague. we always figured it was because of how many meds she's on. I'm on the meh side but just barely. They LOVE my dad

[@McWarlord]

I can't recall that I've ever gotten a mosquito bite

[@dexterpaula]

I am immune to mosquito bites... I used to be, but I am not anymore. My uncle told me once when I was a kid, that if I let the mosquitoes bite me it wouldn’t affect me anymore... so I spent a weekend where there were a lot... I let them bite me, all weekend.... to this day, I get no reaction at all from mosquitoes.. or bee stings.. I get such a small reaction from bee stings it’s like a mosquito bite... weird... maybe it in the long run, it’s been mind over matter, but it worked for me!

[@alexcrowder1673]

Paula Semeniuk thats very interesting. Idk if im immune to them because they don’t bite me, but Im utterly immune to poison ivy though. ive heard that you can develop an immunity to things by repeated exposure, but It can also be genetic. My fathers side of the family for example has been immune to poison ivy for aslong as anyone can remember. It grows all over the family property but noone except visitors have ever gotten it. The 1st time anyone got it was when an unnamed family member of mine was sneaking out to the woods for sex and the guy she was with got poison ivy BADLY and she was fine lol

[@mayurp8298]

Wheal Stewie

[@bobi7152]

When a mosquito bites me (btw you didn't mention when they bite you through jeans and shirts) I feel a little sting and right after that I forget about it. Later I find out I was bitten like 10 times and I don't feel ichy at all.

[@TheElwynnForest]

Mosquitos almost never bite me.

[@amandalee2779]

Oh god I'm a living mosquito magnet 😫 but surprisingly the mosquitoes only attack my leg area and less of everywhere else … I bet my legs are smelling great then 😕

[@MatthewGlenEvans]

I don't get bitten by mosquitoes any more or less than the next guy, but their bites don't leave wheals on my skin and never have.

[@pyey2133]

For me it’s really strange. I get bitten but there is no bump and no itch.

[@danokan]

I'm so happy for you and your family

[@brandonlemon2060]

They don't seem to like me and the irritation from the bites doesn't last long. 24 hrs in extreme cases.

[@ghosetclosetanimals4life667]

I barely get mosquito bites.

[@Carlos-qx8bp]

I never get bit by mosquitoes

[@jskuza]

They haven't bitten me in four years honestly I'm always exposed to them

[@cjrulz05]

I never put bug spray on whwn I go fishing on the river my friends got but everywhere but not single bite on me and my grandmother gave me water on a hot day when I was outside she got but and the mosquito was right near me

[@kylielow840]

I'm immune to them so I have no idea, they bite me but nothing shows up, nothing.

[@joshharper7886]

For some reason I'm immune to almost every bug that has bitten me.

[@MrTimmobold]

i am immune to mosquitoe bites. they sting me but i dont get anything. and thats since i was born, i cant find an answer to this in the internet....

[@bryanero]

Duh. People born in equatorial countries. Next

[@jonetgames]

I've never met a mosquito before.

[@IndustrialMilitia]

I don't mind mosquitoes. Their bites don't hurt, they aren't particularly scary looking, and they're easy to kill. I'd take mosquitoes over wasps any day.

[@MrMullen1]

the mosquito in the thumbnail is aedes albopictus

[@lancestorm808]

My father wasn't bit by a mosquito in over 15 years.

[@1coolsapien]

I can be outside around people who are covered in mosquito repellant, and they'll go after them, my wife can be covered in Deep Woods Off and she'll get mobbed, and they just ignore me, they only really seem to bother me if I'm outside by myself, I guess I'll do if there isn't another option.

[@alexcrowder1673]

1coolsapien my wife is my insect repellent aswell haha. I haven’t had a single bite since i met her.

[@paigecoolest]

They land, don’t bite, and fly away hahaha

[@user-vd5ii4eo7u]

Lol, me too....it's like they get pissed and try to slap me in the face for wasting their time lol...

[@darkneji190]

I'm a stud to mosquitos they always on me I freaking hate it

[@lexiwalker1321]

I've never been bit by a mosquito....

[@Robzi_1000]

Im imune its crazy , not 100% imune , but about 90% , if i get bit by a mosquito the bite mark/ich is gone in 5 minutes. And thats if i get bit. Anybody know what it could be?

[@DG1k727]

So basically my body has built-in bug repellent

[@reaper4884]

I've walked into a swarm of mosquitoes and nothing, not one of them bit me, idk why but maybe my blood is poison to them lmao

[@user-vd5ii4eo7u]

I swear I saw one die after it tried my blood lol I never get bit! Lol

[@anniesbrotatoes2569]

I don’t get mosquito bites 😂😂😂

[@Backup_Jack]

i get bit by mosquitoes but i don't get itchy bumps

[@morgansmith334]

They avoid me AM I NOT GOOD ENOUGH :(

[@quinnreverance611]

Morgan Smith ikr, the problem with being immune. WHY DONT U LIKE ME

[@user-vd5ii4eo7u]

Lol, I didn't want you to drink my blood anyway 😐🙁😢😭🤣

[@denirn8725]

Right so which chemical compound #ATTRACTS & which #REPEL? Is it the #Acetone-Nail polish or the #Floral-Sweet scent which attract 🦟the awful disease spreading 🦟🦟? Did I miss that TidBIT... or Tid-BITE?

[@gdreflex6079]

I saw a Male misquote and I congratulated it

[@dylanable309]

I used to get bitten all the time but now I don’t after moving states.

[@alexcrowder1673]

Dexterium Same here, I used to get a few, but after i moved I never got another bite. Even stranger is that when I went back to my home state for a year, the mosquitos still ignored me. Keep in mind this is swampland in indiana.... the mosuitos are EVERYWHERE. Even so, I can literally hold my arm out near a mosquito and it’ll straight up turn around and fly away. My fiancé on the other hand gets destroyed by mosquitos.

[@refusist]

I didn't get one bite this whole summer

[@Zubair001able]

it there is one person around me i'll never get bitten

[@HandlelessTML]

When I walk alone, I get bitten but when I'm out with my girlfriend, they go after her more. I guess this explains why lol

[@Ninio1231]

why does smoke repel mosquitoes?

[@cakestalker]

Most people will fortunately never be exposed to malaria, as malaria only exist in the third world.

[@addisonfamily5156]

great video, I've watched monsters inside me lol

[@BrainStuffShow]

+asian ddison Thanks for watching! -Ben

[@kvhidersine1857]

Mosquitos really don't bite me

[@tiffanyluna7486]

they don't get at me

[@leighparker9109]

Thanks for sharing.

[@user-vd5ii4eo7u]

I repel them....it's like they land on me and then change their minds lol or they bump into me to get around me but don't bite me lol.

[@kelvin_cancer5671]

I’m immune

[@HandlelessTML]

I wanna hear you say "Wheat Thins"

[@FriendlyKat]

Interesting....

[@peytonlewiswilliams5476]

I live in Londen

[@moonlightsweetener4309]

I'm like a delicacy to mosquitos

[@user-wr6tl6dh8v]

Hakuna Matata same :(

[@allanholly]

I became immune last summer.

[@kelvin_cancer5671]

I am immune to them

[@justentertainingtv9686]

I think I'm immune every time I go anywhere in Africa I never get bit and they never come near me

[@dallaskite4846]

Miracle Dinasty your lucky, i live in africa 2,i get swarmed alot but i think I've built an immunity from malaria , i got malaria once when i was seven, but after that never again, eventhough i get bitten by mosquitoes everyday,.

[@unkGUAM]

Mosquita??

[@tigergamez9686]

Idk

[@MelikecakeYAY124]

Hello

[@Letstfact]

Hello

[@BrainStuffShow]

+MelikecakeYAY124 Hi.

[@austinjames6815]

meh