Universal donors, type O-negative, could be on mosquitoes’ menus. There are positives to having type O-negative blood. Though you can only receive O-negative blood, you can donate to anyone. Ask the American Red Cross, and they’ll tell you. Your blood type is in high demand. But can this blood type make you a tastier treat to mosquitoes?
As part of nature’s plan, all wildlife has ways of protecting themselves and their territory. Insects, such as mosquitoes, bees, ants, fleas, flies, wasps, and arachnids, may bite or sting if you get close. Most won’t bother you if you don’t bother them. But not all. Mosquitoes will bite you because that’s part of their grand plan. They need blood meals to reproduce.
Our body’s immune system then kicks into gear and releases a histamine in response to the bug’s saliva. The histamine is a defense mechanism your body uses to fight infection and help heal. With the saliva in your body and the histamine released, your body responds with a small area of swelling and itching – a mosquito bite.