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Why are Mosquitos So Obsessed with Me?
Season 9
Episode 10
If you feel like mosquitos flock to you over everyone else at the barbecue… you’re not imagining it. Some of us really do attract mosquitos more than others, based on the chemicals exuded from our skin. What are they, how did scientists figure it out, and how can you outsmart them anyways?
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