Shorty Blackwell  wrote:

> cj.green{at}worldnet.att.net (Christopher Green) wrote:
> > Mosquitoes inject a small quantity of an anticoagulant when they bite,
> > which facilitates feeding. 
> 
> But why does it still itch, even if you've gotten the thing off of you
> _soon_ as you feel the prick of penetration?  :(  :(  :(  They are
> that fast, huh?  What the hell would a mosquito want with my knuckle,
> furthermore?  :(

The anticoagulant is in their saliva, which they inject as soon as they
penetrate the skin. Even if you get them off immediately, it is too
late.
-- 
John Wilkins
"And this is a damnable doctrine" - Charles Darwin, Autobiography
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