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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: one_less who wrote (469813)4/8/2009 2:31:20 PM
From: Steve Dietrich1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 1575427
 
Mosquitoes have teeth the same way a saw has teeth.

The 47 "fact" comes from Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts which says: "the flexible cutting instruments are teeth."

Meanwhile:

"Mosquitoes don't have teeth. The females “bite” with a long, pointed mouthpart called a proboscis. They use the serrated proboscis to pierce the skin and locate a capillary, then draw blood through one of two tubes.
Read more: "Mosquito Facts | Mega-Catch™" - megacatch.com
Source and further information:
megacatch.com

"Does a mosquito have teeth?
No. A mosquito has a proboscis, which is a long, pointed mouthpart used to pierce the skin. It contains two tubes; one for injecting saliva and one for drawing blood."
Source and further information:
mosquitoworld.net;

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