# The loathsome lethal mosquito

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Rose Eveleth
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/rose_eveleth_the_loathsome_lethal_mosquito)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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. \[Directed by Karrot Animation, narrated by Rose Eveleth\].

## Lectures

1. [The loathsome lethal mosquito](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/rose_eveleth_the_loathsome_lethal_mosquito/f13cfa164cb7), 3 min (TED's player)