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exboyfil

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6. They are parasites that give a deadly disease

Reply to cab67 (Original post)

Tue Jan 12, 2021, 09:40 AM

Jan 2021

Mosquitos, tsetse flies, or ticks being three examples.

Even these insects are part of the biosphere and serve there purpose (mosquito larva is food for small fish which are eaten by larger fish and on up the food chain).

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