--- rekres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/23/07, JL Hatlen Linnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On 4/23/07, Craig Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On 4/23/07, JL Hatlen Linnell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ....Once it's eaten by a creature, it is part > of the creature.... > > > > > > > > > > I disagree. Creature creation (Create Animal, > Create Mount, Create > > > Servant) is the province of the Illusion & > Creation college. These beings > > > are magical constructs. As such, they don't > require food > > > > Ooh, good catch. :) > > > > IIRC, mosquitoes don't 'EAT' blood, the females use > it for laying eggs. > > "Why do mosquitoes bite? Mosquitoes belong to a > group of insects that > requires blood to develop fertile eggs. Males do not > lay eggs, thus, > male mosquitoes do not bite. The females are the egg > producers and > "host-seek" for a blood meal. Female mosquitoes lay > multiple batches > of eggs and require a blood meal for every batch > they lay. Few people > realize that mosquitoes rely on sugar as their main > source of energy. > Both male and female mosquitoes feed on plant > nectar, fruit juices and > liquids that ooze from plants. The sugar is burned > as fuel for flight > and is replenished on a daily basis. Blood is > reserved for egg > production and is imbibed less frequently. " > > http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~insects/mosfaq.htm > >
Let's not confuse things...female mosquitoes DO eat blood, in the sense that they need to metabolize a source of protein for egg production. But the blood doesn't just "lie there" and gets stuffed inside eggs. It gets metabolized, and the metabolic products used to make eggs. Eduardo Alvarez "Stercus, Stercus, Stercus, moriturus sum" -- Rincewind The Wizzard -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GS/CS d-(+) s:+ a- C++ UB++++@ P+ L- E--- W++ N++ o? K w---() O? M+@ V? PS(+) PE(-) Y(+) PGP-(+) t--@ 5-- X+ R+>+++$ tv+ b++(+++) DI+ D--- G++ e>++ h! r-- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
