Comments on: Bloodsucking freaks http://scienceinmyfiction.com/2012/09/10/bloodsucking-freaks/ "I like a little science in my fiction" Tue, 21 May 2013 23:17:01 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Peggy http://scienceinmyfiction.com/2012/09/10/bloodsucking-freaks/comment-page-1/#comment-18146 Peggy Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:32:20 +0000 http://scienceinmyfiction.com/?p=3159#comment-18146 We are part of an ongoing war with insects with toxic bites and other similar critters. I think as climate changes and the biters move into new territories, it’s going to get even uglier. I’m not sure what the solution is other than developing chemicals that either kill them or keep them from biting us.

It’s kind of terrifying to think what could happen in an entirely alien environment when we might be exposed to something (which doesn’t necessarily even need to be “alive”) that has truly devastating consequences for our physiology.

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