Gelsen are particularly attracted to people with viral diseases – nature

There is often more in common with unpleasant contemporaries than one would like to admit. Even stinging insects have preferences when it comes to their choice of food – and are primarily guided by the smells that humans and other mammals give off to their environment. Anyone who is stung particularly often and consoles themselves with the fact that they have “sweet blood” should transport a particularly attractive chemical cocktail to mosquitoes.