"Taiwanese woman catches 4 million mosquitoes"
Breitbart (August 2, 2010)
"A Taiwanese woman has taken a sizeable bite out of Taiwan's mosquito population, and won a 3,000 US dollar cash prize, by catching around 4 million of the bloodsuckers in just one month.
"Huang Yu-yen, from southern Taiwan's Yunlin county, beat 72 rivals with a catch weighing in at more than 1.5 kilogrammes (3lbs 5oz), competition organisers Imbictus International, a company that makes insect traps, said...."
Over three and a quarter pounds? That's a lot of mosquitoes! Nice to know that Minnesota isn't the only place - blessed? - with such pests.
The article points out, on a more serious note, that mosquitoes have been a serious health problem in Taiwan, until a mid-sixties eradication program. And that they still carry dengue fever: definitely not by popular demand.
How in the world do you catch all those mosquitos? What would you use as bait? Rosie O'Donnell?
ReplyDeleteMaurice Mitchell,
ReplyDeleteVery good question - which didn't get answered in the news, as far as I saw.
I know what I'd use as bait. *dangles little sister over a fly trap*
ReplyDeleteBrigid,
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure exactly what she'd think of that. ;)