I was genuinely amazed to see the footage which was caught by Valerie Choumet, viewing through a microscope as malarial mosquitoes bit a fold of skin on an anesthetized mouse. I had read that the mouthparts were portable inside the skin, but actually seeing it continuously was wonderful. It really gives remarkable take at exactly what happens when a mosquito bites a host and drinks its blood. What you expect to be an inflexible structure, since it needs to get into the skin like a needle, is really adaptable and completely controllable.
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