The loathsome, lethal mosquito - Rose Eveleth
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Everyone hates mosquitos. Besides the annoying buzzing and biting,
mosquito-borne diseases like malaria kill over a million people each
year (plus horses, dogs and cats). And over the past 100 million years,
they've gotten good at their job -- sucking up to three times their
weight in blood, totally undetected. So shouldn't we just get rid of
them? Rose Eveleth shares why scientists aren't sure.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Rose Eveleth
- Artist Henry Lambourne
- Animator Henry Chung, Hannah de Spon
- Narrator Rose Eveleth