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# I have not seen Maggie's Mangina, but...
Do you know what creature causes the most death in Africa (easy pub quizzery my friend)
(, Fri 12 Nov 2004, 19:22, archived)
# Hippopotomai,
or so I believe. Right?
(, Fri 12 Nov 2004, 19:24, archived)
# Alas no my learned friend
Mosquito (pleural)!
But I understand that they are a vicious bunch.

Care to guess what species of Mosquito?
(, Fri 12 Nov 2004, 19:26, archived)
# In this case I have to argue...
As I understand it those pesky mozzies are merely the vector, it's the manky little critters they carry that are the problem. I may be wrong though. Look up those pesky hippos. I want to know now...

edit: googling backs me up with this little gem... the answer!
(, Fri 12 Nov 2004, 19:29, archived)
# I like your style
Indeed the female anopheles is the vector of the bad stuff. But the critters you refer to are protozoa, typically the Plasmodium species which lead to Malaria for example, which still kills approx 1 million per year. This outguns Hippos by approx 1000 times. This is without considering lassa fever, dengue and others
(, Fri 12 Nov 2004, 19:34, archived)
# I think we can both
walk away from this with our heads held high. Maybe yours should be slightly higher. My head hurts now, I'm going to go shop a kitten.

Next time my friend!
(, Fri 12 Nov 2004, 19:37, archived)
# I welcome your kitten
We shall geek again, I am but the paduan learner to this b3ta but I like what I see. I also like your pics on your profile.
(, Fri 12 Nov 2004, 19:39, archived)
# Oooh...
ta! I suggest cracking open photoshop and getting ...er, cracking on some well-educated pictures of your own. Later!
(, Fri 12 Nov 2004, 19:41, archived)
# I think
it's the hippo mosquito that's the most dangerous. It doesn't bite or sting - it sits on you and farts
(, Fri 12 Nov 2004, 19:35, archived)
# Genius.
We have a winner!
(, Fri 12 Nov 2004, 19:37, archived)