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ELI5: How do bugs know to sting/bite humans incase of feeling threatened, but not other large moving (by Sparky)

 Sparky (0)  (29 / M-F / Massachusetts)
22-Aug-19 3:00 am
ELI5: How do bugs know to sting/bite humans incase of feeling threatened, but not other large moving things such as branches?

Given the sheer difference in size, how are they even able to perceive us as living threats to them?


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