In Plain Sight: Bug Bites
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[MUSIC PLAYING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[BUZZING]
First stop, the bee. There it is piercing the skin with its stinger. Ouch. Then it flies off, leaving the stinger and a tiny venomous sac behind. Uh, rude if you ask me. Anyway, a war is being waged between that sac and your body. The sac releases its venom. And in response, your body dispatches white blood cells to fight it.
Next up, the mosquito. As we all know, they bite you to feed on your blood. They're like the "Twilight" vampires without the sexy abs. Mm.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[BUZZING]
The mosquito uses its mouth parts to pierce the skin. At this very moment, the mosquito's saliva is thinning the blood so it won't clot while she feeds. Her saliva also causes that annoying itchiness. Now, only female mosquitoes bite you. They need the blood for egg production.
[SLURPING]
And there she goes, sucking down that blood faster than your uncle sucks down cans of affordably-priced light beer.
[BURP]
There are hundreds of other kinds of bug bites I could get into, including some that are deadly. Unfortunately, I can't show you those without putting someone's life in danger. I'd gladly let my uncle get bit by a spider, but our lawyers won't let me. Not my rules.
[BUZZING]
Ow. Where'd that come from?
AMY GARBER
Ew, bugs. Getting bit or stung by one can ruin a family barbecue quicker than your drunk uncle talking politics. Right now in super duper closeup, we'll find out how something so tiny can be so annoying. I'm talking about bug bites, not your uncle. [OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[BUZZING]
First stop, the bee. There it is piercing the skin with its stinger. Ouch. Then it flies off, leaving the stinger and a tiny venomous sac behind. Uh, rude if you ask me. Anyway, a war is being waged between that sac and your body. The sac releases its venom. And in response, your body dispatches white blood cells to fight it.
Next up, the mosquito. As we all know, they bite you to feed on your blood. They're like the "Twilight" vampires without the sexy abs. Mm.
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[BUZZING]
The mosquito uses its mouth parts to pierce the skin. At this very moment, the mosquito's saliva is thinning the blood so it won't clot while she feeds. Her saliva also causes that annoying itchiness. Now, only female mosquitoes bite you. They need the blood for egg production.
[SLURPING]
And there she goes, sucking down that blood faster than your uncle sucks down cans of affordably-priced light beer.
[BURP]
There are hundreds of other kinds of bug bites I could get into, including some that are deadly. Unfortunately, I can't show you those without putting someone's life in danger. I'd gladly let my uncle get bit by a spider, but our lawyers won't let me. Not my rules.
[BUZZING]
Ow. Where'd that come from?
