Mosquito Island Traditional Cache
Nurse Nanna: LadyBee4T and I believe that this cache has run it's course and it is time to put it to bed. It's been a great run with 364 finds. Thank you to all of you for the time you spent seeking out our cache and enjoying this beautiful trail.
We enjoyed sharing it with you these past 9 years!
Nurse Nanna
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Placed together with LadyBee4T, an adventure in itself! Large
container, large mosquitoes and lots of goodies.
Mosquito facts:
*The world's largest mosquito is not actually here in Michigan
despite the fact that I think I was attacked by it while placing
this cache. It is actually a statue in Komarno, Manitoba, the
mosquito capital of Canada. (Komarno is Ukrainian for mosquito) The
statue is made of steel and has a wingspan of 15 feet....now how
would you like to hear that one buzzing your head?
*There are over 2500 varieties of mosquito whining from the Arctic
tundra to the tropical rain forests. Most are active during dawn
and dusk, but some do like a mid day feeding.
*Mosquitoes do not bite, they suck.
*It would take 1,200,000 mosquitoes, each sucking once to
completely drain the average human of blood...so fear not, we are
probably safe here at Proud Lake.
*In the Arctic, Canadian researchers who bared their arms, legs and
torsos reported as many as 9000 bites per minute from swarming
newly hatched mosquitoes. At that rate, an individual could lose
half his blood in 2 hours.
*Once a feeding mosquito is full, a chemical signal shuts down
their intake. When that signal is disabled in the lab, mosquitoes
suck until they explode. It is hard to get upset with that.
*When a mosquito detects the whine of the opposite sex, it begins
to synchronize its pitch to match that of the potential mate. Males
can "relate" to girl frequencies in a second or two. Females take
several times longer to synchronize. Sounds like a typical male!
*Mosqutoes can mate in midair in as little as 15 seconds. Not much
fun I'd say!
*Mosquitoes also use your exhaled breath to track you down,
especially when you sleep or have been exercising. Fortunately they
only clock out at 1.5 mph...so you can't hide, but you can run.
Unless you are on a treadmill, or run like I do!
*Abuja, Nigeria is home to the world's biggest mosquito net. 200
children fit under it.
*Millions of poeple alive today will die of mosquito-transmitted
disease. Malaria alone claims some 1,000,000 lives a year in
Africa. Other top killers are dengue, yellow fever and West Nile
Virus.
It won't take a 3 hour tour to find this one, but you will feel
like you have become lost in another world here.
This cache is in the Proud Lake Recreation Area and a State Parks
Entry Pass is needed to enter. This cache was placed with a permit
at the office and will be removed within one year of placement per
MiGO/DNR Permit.
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