w i t h a un i que s k i l l t ha t i s
j us t r i ght for th i s proce s s .
How? Be f o r e t he mo s qu i t o
beg i n s t o s u c k b l ood , i t
s e c r e t e s a s pe c i a l l i qu i d ,
g i v en i t by A l l ah , i n t o t he
blood vessel of the person on
whom i t has landed. In thi s
way, the blood in that area
doesn’t coagulate and so the
mosquito is able to suck it .
T h i s l i qu i d ha s ano t he r
r a r e qua l i t y . Wh i l e t he
mo s qu i t o do e s a l l t he s e
t h i ng s , you won ’ t f e e l a t h i ng , be c au s e t h i s
substance numbs the area that the mosquito cuts.
This l iquid is just l ike a anaesthetic the dentist or
surgeon uses. Doctors administer a certain drug so
that you won’t feel pain, and you don’t . You see,
the mosqu i to works j us t l i ke a doc tor . F i r s t , i t
anaesthetises and then it sucks.
After the mosquito bites you, you feel a l ittle
i tching and swel l ing. The reason for thi s i tching
and swel l ing is this l iquid.
You might think that al l these things take a
long time. The mosquito, however , manages most
of these in a very short time. You feel the bite of
the mosquito only after it has finished its job and
packed away its equipment .
Now, l et ’ s think together . The mosqui to i s as
l a r ge a s t he t i p o f a pen c i l , bu t t he j ob s i t
manages are very important and complex. Do you
think that it is possible for a mosquito to think al l
of these things through? To prevent the flow of a
human’ s blood, to anaesthet i se the area that i t
cuts so that it doesn’t cause pain, to make an eye
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