Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Galapagos Mosquitoes’ New Diet Threatens Giant Tortoise


The Galapagos form of the black salt marsh mosquito has changed its diet to prefer reptile blood instead of feeding on mammals and birds. This discovery has some scientists fearing the introduction of a new mosquito-borne disease which could devastate the Galapagos native wildlife.

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