The world's deadliest animal emerges from the deeps

[muriel_volestrangler]

The Kraken? Cthulu? No - a mosquito:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2014/05/19/recipe-for-a-photograph-4-the-emerging-mosquito/

[libodem]

1. Makes me want to slap myself

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Rub some dirt on it and move on.

[libodem]

5. .

Got one!

[DreamGypsy]

2. Great photographs and an interesting discussion of how the images were captured. But...

... I still consider Homo Sapiens champion as "the world's most deadly animal"...despite what Bill Gates thinks.

Sure, mosquitoes annually kill one and a half times the number humans that humans kill (725,000 compared to 425,000), but we wreak immeasurable carnage on so many other species as well. Side-effects of our daily lives drive other species to extinction.

[2naSalit]

3. Humans get the prize

without competition there!

[DreamGypsy]

6. And mosquitoes aren't even the real killers...

... they're just the hosts for plasmodia, microfilaria, dengue, west nile and yellow fever viruses, and other parasites. Mosquitoes happen to be good at transmitting diseases, so they are a good ride for many microorganisms.

There are probably a small number human deaths a year from allergic reactions to mosquito bites.

[2naSalit]

7. So true.

Just like parties that turn out to be disasters, it's the host who gets the blame!

[dipsydoodle]

8. Amazing photograph.

Looks like a muppet at first glance.