Hi friends, it's me Mark. I'm just dropping in to tell you about a virtual party brains on is having Saturday, July 29th

It's free and you're invited

Not only are we celebrating our 10th birthday, we're also super excited to share our newest book with you

It's called meet my micro pets. The book is a fact-filled

hilarious journey through the weird and wonderful world of microbes. I know I know you're thinking

But Mark, will there be cool games at this virtual party on July 29th?

I mean, yeah, only the coolest and before you ask

There will absolutely be epic stories and yes

Molly Sandin and I will be there answering as many questions as we can during the whole event

This is a one-time only live virtual party. You do not want to miss again. It's on Saturday, July 29th

11 a.m. Pacific one p.m. Central and two p.m. Eastern had to brains on dot org slash events for a link to sign up

That's brains on dot org slash events. See you on July 29th

You're listening to brains on from mpr news in Southern California public radio where it's serious about being curious

Do you hear that? I'm not right. I'm Molly blue. Okay, wait. There's definitely a bug in here.

Okay, where was I? Oh, yeah, I'm Molly blue and today we're going to talk about

Gotcha, wait, don't slap. What the what? A talking mosquito? Hey, when you hang around recording studio long enough

You pick up a few things. Huh, I mean huge fan of podcasts. I'm trying to work my way in here for days

Welcome, I guess hey, you know as long as you're here

Maybe you can help me answer this question that was sent to us from Provo Utah. Hello

I am Colin

My question is how do mosquitoes suck out your blood great question Colin?

That's usually my line. Well take a look at these mouth parts here. You'll have to describe them. This is a podcast. Oh, yeah

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