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Related: About this forumThe world's deadliest animal emerges from the deeps
The Kraken? Cthulu? No - a mosquito:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2014/05/19/recipe-for-a-photograph-4-the-emerging-mosquito/
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The world's deadliest animal emerges from the deeps (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
OP
Great photographs and an interesting discussion of how the images were captured. But...
DreamGypsy
May 2014
#2
libodem
(19,288 posts)1. Makes me want to slap myself
Baitball Blogger
(46,769 posts)4. Rub some dirt on it and move on.
libodem
(19,288 posts)5. .
Got one!
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)2. Great photographs and an interesting discussion of how the images were captured. But...
... I still consider Homo Sapiens champion as "the world's most deadly animal"...despite what Bill Gates thinks.
Sure, mosquitoes annually kill one and a half times the number humans that humans kill (725,000 compared to 425,000), but we wreak immeasurable carnage on so many other species as well. Side-effects of our daily lives drive other species to extinction.
2naSalit
(86,840 posts)3. Humans get the prize
without competition there!
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)6. And mosquitoes aren't even the real killers...
... they're just the hosts for plasmodia, microfilaria, dengue, west nile and yellow fever viruses, and other parasites. Mosquitoes happen to be good at transmitting diseases, so they are a good ride for many microorganisms.
There are probably a small number human deaths a year from allergic reactions to mosquito bites.
2naSalit
(86,840 posts)7. So true.
Just like parties that turn out to be disasters, it's the host who gets the blame!
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)8. Amazing photograph.
Looks like a muppet at first glance.