| sethnintendo said: Bold part - You must have missed my link because there are some that can kill you (pass on deadly diseases). They are mainly in South America and other places though. Basically, bed bugs almost makes me not want to travel since they are prevalent in public places such as hotels (not having any money to travel helps not being able to travel). It is quite scary just to read the articles but it is also pretty fascinating (especially the way they developed resistances to the chemicals that we try and eradicate them with). I was thinking in the back of my mind about drug resistant bacteria and lo and behold the first article eventually brings up that comparison. The second link you provided was pretty nice too. I found this part kind of funny... "5. When it comes to evaluation and treatment, visual inspection remains the most common method pest professionals use to determine if a bed bug infestation exists. However, the use of canines has grown from 16 percent to 43 percent in the past year." I know dogs have excellent sense of smell but I never heard about them being used to detect bed bugs. On a semi related note... There seems to be a huge flea outbreak in my area (Austin, TX) and a lot of dogs seem to be suffering from those pesky fleas. Good thing they can only bite humans and not live on us! They might be able to live on some hairy Neanderthal. |
Bolded part: Oh I didn't miss it, I was just reffering to the ones that don't transmit diseases, only trigers sensitivity reactions. Your link had Reduviid bugs, they look equally disgusting though :(
You can watch many videos on youtube for dogs detecting bedbugs. Here is another disgusting video:
You know decades ago bedbugs used to live on caves feeding on bats only but they were forced to find another source for blood and boy are we tasty. Let's hope fleas don't find us delicious 
