Bloodsuckers just waiting to pounce

What do you think mosquitoes think of humans, a friend asked last night after a few too many sips of wine?

- SONJA BROWN

They obviously see us as strange, hairless delicious giants. They’ve been observing us for millennia, even though we think we can outsmart them with our citronella candles, our mosquito nets, and our chemical sprays, they smell and see them all. They are patient. They are persistence incarnate.

They wake up each morning, buzzing with purpose. “Today,” they think, “today I shall find the perfect target.”

Not just any human will do. They have high standards. They like the ones who fidget and scratch themselves, because clearly, those people know nothing of the superior skill of a mozzie. Their blood will taste sweeter when panic accompanies fear.