View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-loathsome-lethal-mosquito-rose-eveleth Everyone hates mosquitoes. Besides the annoying buzzing and biting, mosquito-borne diseases like malaria...
========== What's the worst bug on the planet?You might vote for the horsefly
or perhaps the wasp,but for many people,the worst offender is by far the mosquito.The buzzing, the biting,the itching,the mosquito is one of the most commonly
detested pests in the world.In Alaska, swarms
of mosquitos can get so thickthat they actually asphyxiate caribou.And mosquito-borne diseases
kill millions of people every year.The scourge
that is the mosquito isn't new.Mosquitoes have been around
for over a hundred million yearsand over that time have coevolved
with all sorts of species,including our own.There are actually thousands
of species of mosquitos in the world,but they all share one insidious quality:they suck blood,and they're really, really
good at sucking blood...
