Dr Amir Khan
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9,955 appearances
22 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 5d ago
Dr Amir Khan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That is one thing they look for, carbon dioxide.
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They also sense heat as well.
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But again, bigger people give off more heat.
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If your metabolism, I'm not necessarily a big person, but I think I have a high metabolic rate and I give off more heat.
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So they can sense that, first of all.
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So that's the first thing they look for from about 50 metres away, these lady mosquitoes.
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And they go, right, OK, there's something there giving off lots of carbon dioxide and heat.
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Let's get closer.
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Then it gets more about your individual scent.
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And we all have, just as we have a gut microbiome, we have a skin microbiome that is individual to us.
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And lots of things influence that, you know, what creams we use, whether we're using aftershaves or whatever.
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But that scent that these microbes and your body give off together,
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then brings them in closer.
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And that's when they decide, you are the one for me.
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I feel a bit offended that they don't bite me very often.
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There's other theories as well.
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Certain blood type, blood group O is something that we think they might prefer over A and B. But that's just a theory.
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Your skin colour has nothing to do with it, but your clothing could.
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Darker clothing seems to attract them more than lighter clothing as well.
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So if you are one of these people who gets bit a lot, try and wear more lighter clothing.
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