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Mosquitoes have many interesting sensory abilities. They have chemical sensors that can sense body sweat, humidity, and CO2 and they have heat sensors to find warm-blooded animals. What is the purpose of these sensors?Question 5 options:For movementFor obtaining foodFor protectionFor mating

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The mosquitoes have several sensory abilities, lilke their sense of smell, eyesight, and temperature sensory abilities. Their sensors to find warm-blooded animals are important for obtainnig food, like their ability to sense CO2. That's because mosquitoes use those sensor to seek out a blood meal.

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