A closer look
Mosquitoes do not bite randomly, as they have a statistically significant and highly annoying preference for human beings who have Type O blood. These tiny vampiric menaces can actually taste your chemical secretions from a distance, and research shows they land on Type O individuals nearly twice as often as they do on people with Type A blood. Furthermore, heavy breathers and people who are currently drinking beer exhale slightly more carbon dioxide, essentially turning themselves into highly visible, glowing biological beacons for every hungry mosquito in a fifty-yard radius. So if you are currently enjoying a cold alcoholic beverage at a summer barbecue and happen to possess the world's most highly sought-after blood type, you are fundamentally acting as a sacrificial blood buffet for the entire insect kingdom. Your mere presence at the patio table is the only reason your Type A friends are currently surviving the evening without getting a single itchy welt
