Nighty night.
Have a good sleep.
Don't let the bed bugs bite.
Euurgh.
Imagine your bedroom infested with these
tiny bugs.
But, what if
they were the same size as us?
Since the early 2000s,
bed bug infestations
have been increasing in countries like
the United States,
Canada, and the United Kingdom.
The bites themselves are not harmful,
but they can be annoying and itchy.
Imagine if the bed bugs
were the same size as we are.
That would be a scene
straight out of a horror movie.
Would they still be able to hide away?
The average bed bug, Cimex lectularius or
Cimex hemipterus
They're flat and round,
with a reddish-brown color.
Now, super-size one of these bugs
to human size.
And oh boy. Would it be scary.
They'd be 200 times bigger.
And even-more terrifying,
a bed bug can consume seven times
its weight in blood.
Our bodies contain about
5 L (10.5 pt) of blood.
And a human-sized bed bug weighing
79 kg (175 lb) could consume
brace yourself
553 kg (1219 lb) of blood
in one meal.
Yeah, it would need to suck 110 people dry.
And these bloodsuckers would only get
bigger after gorging themselves
on your blood.
It would be a vampire and
a bug apocalypse rolled into one.
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Maybe I should take one right now,
just in case those bed bugs show up
and I need to run away.
Yeah, giant bugs that can suck
all your blood for breakfast would be
deadly hunters, and we'd be their prey.
You know, it's bad enough that these
bugs are human-sized,
but do you know how fast
they would multiply?
Which means that in just a few weeks
a bed bug infestation
could explode exponentially.
We would be overrun with giant
biting bugs in no time.
And you probably wouldn't even feel it
when they attacked you.
Bed bugs' saliva contains an anesthetic,
so their bites are nearly painless.
What could you do to fight back?
You could fight them toe-to-toe,
and that would be all too horrifying.
However, we can learn from tiny bed bugs.
A 2016 study found
they don't like the colors yellow or green,
and they much prefer
red or black to hide in.
So having brightly colored sheets or walls
might deter them,
or defend you against the giant bugs.
If you would rather fight them,
then good old fire and ice might
be your best options.
Get yourself a flamethrower,
and you're good to go.
Or, you could trap them in one of those
storage freezers to kill them.
So, it looks like it would probably be an
all-out war
with humans vs. bed bugs.
And, we're waging that war right now
with real bed bugs.
Yes, they are much smaller,
but that means they can
easily hide from us.
And they can cause issues like
irregular heartbeats
due to blood loss.
But, hey, if you think that giant
bed bugs would be terrifying,
what if Godzilla was real?