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Beneficial
Animals!

 
 


Amazingly these tiny insect are probably responsible for more deaths than any other animal on the planet (except homo sapiens). They can attack anywhere and, unfortunately most are familiar with their methods.

The long stinger injects itself into the skin, barely breaking the surface, but penetrate deep enough to help spread malaria, elephantiasis, yellow fever, dengue fever and West Nile virus, all of which contribute to over 3 million deaths per year.

Mosquitoes rarely travel more than 300 feet from their birthplace.
500 Million contract malaria every year from mosquitoes, and 2 million die.

 
   
 
 
 
 
   
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by Julia Steiman