Mosquitoes are the common vector for malaria, encephalitis, yellow fever and dengue fever.
Mosquitoes live mostly on nectar and rotting plant material.
The female bites humans and many other animals including frogs and snakes to provide additional nutrition for her eggs. Amend, Discuss, Correct Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat. Amend, Discuss, Correct Park rangers in northeast Tasmania have reported spotting a rare Tasmanian tiger, which had been thought to be extinct. Once the top of food chain throughout Australia, the thylacine was hunted to extinction in mainland Australia because of its liking for sheep.