Scientists have thus long pondered how mosquitoes can fly through a rainstorm without getting killed by such collisions, the impact of which is comparable to a human being hit by a bus.
The average raindrop is 50 times bigger than a mosquito, so how do they avoid being killed ?
How mosquitoes are able to fly through a rainstorm without being clobbered by huge raindrops is a question that has puzzled scientists for years, given the relative size of a mosquito and a raindrop the collision would be like a person being hit by a bus. The answer is a lot simpler than it seems - a mosquito is so small that it can simply hitch a ride on the raindrop.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology were able to conclude that as long as a raindrop doesn't hit a mosquito while it is on the ground and as long as it manages to break away from the raindrop before it lands the insect will escape unscathed.
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