Mosquito Stealth Tactics (VIDEO)

University of California - Berkeley

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Slow-motion video shows clearly how mosquitoes escape stealthily with a blood meal, using their wings for most of the lift and barely pushing off with their long and flexible legs.

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UC Berkeley and Wageninen University, The Netherlands

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