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This 5 page report discusses the mosquitoes of Alaska that have been described as the true, “official state bird.” The report discusses the fact that as annoying, painful, and as omnipresent as Alaskan mosquitoes are, they do not carry diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, or encephalitis. The disease-transmitting mosquitoes are most commonly those in tropical fresh or brackish water environments, not Alaska. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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have been reported to have carried off bear cubs. Of course those same "old sourdoughs" are also the ones that claim they have wrestled grizzlies and once found a
gold nugget the size of a goose egg. A common joke about Alaskan mosquitoes runs: Two campers were asleep in their tent and two mosquitoes in there with them, looking
over them. One of the mosquitoes said to the other, "You wanna eat em in here or take em outside and eat em?" The other mosquito answered, "Nah, if we
take em out there some of the big fellas might get em." Despite their nasty and folklore reputation, the mosquitoes of Alaska
are dangerous only in their ability to drive a hiker, fisherman, camper, or anybody outside for any reason absolutely out of their minds! However, most Alaskans, as well as
those visiting, think of the mosquitoes as nothing more than the price one pays for admission to the majestic beauty of the "land of the northern star." Annoyance and Discomfort
but Not Disease In the Arctic, the biomass of mosquitoes (the combined mass of all of them together) is greater than the
biomass of caribou (Rennicke 39). Article after article in adventure magazines or stories of treks through the vast wilderness of Alaska almost always have mosquitoes as a common denominator
in the tale. For example: "Along with the thawing of the tundra, summers solstice days brought forth buzzing hordes of mosquitoes in all their legendary northland ferocity" (Howe 116).
Most of the stories point out that the indigenous people of Alaska were able to cope with the bugs without too many problems. Of course, there was the
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