If we had to come up with one downside of living in Kenya, it's the mosquitoes. The mosquitoes are probably not even as bad as they are in the Michigan humid summers, but it is the potentialof getting malaria from one of those pesky buggers. Fortunately, at Tenwek, we are at slightly lower risk of getting malaria because we are at an altitude of 6800 ft. Even so, we do take precautions. We sprayed all of our clothes with permethrin. We sleep under mosquito nets every night. Anna and Leo also take malaria prophylaxis orally every two weeks. We also have bug spray if we are ever out at night for an extended period of time.
Anna and Leo in their nets.
Unfortunately for Leo, mosquitoes are especially attracted to him. On Thursday morning, I went to get Leo out of his bed and saw a mosquito inside his net. I killed it and subsequently had blood smeared all over my hand. Apparently, this mosquito feasted on Leo all night. Poor guy, we counted 29 mosquito bites just on his face and arms. If you need a good bug repellant, just stand next to Leo. Mosquitoes are sure to bypass you and flock to Leo.
29 mosquito bites and counting...
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