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K is for... Kissing Bug

kissing bug
These guys are nocturnal insects, which means they only like to come out at night, and attack their prey. When doing so the bugs pierce the skin of the person sleeping and draw their blood. As the kissing bug pierces the skin of its victim, it also injects its saliva into the victim, sometimes giving that person a terrible sleeping disease

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Last updated: Aug. 31, 2000