Taiwanese woman catches 4 million mosquitoes
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A Taiwanese woman has taken a sizeable bite out of Taiwan's mosquito population, and won a 3,000 US dollar cash prize, by catching around 4 million of the bloodsuckers in just one month.
Huang Yu-yen, from southern Taiwan's Yunlin county, beat 72 rivals with a catch weighing in at more than 1.5 kilogrammes (3lbs 5oz), competition organisers Imbictus International, a company that makes insect traps, said.
The haul was more than double that of her nearest rival.
The company has sent an application to Guinness World Records asking that Huang be recognised as the world's leading killer of the pest.
Mosquitoes have been a major public health hazard in Taiwan, especially as carriers of malaria until its official eradication on the island in 1965. They are still responsible for the spread of dengue fever.
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She probably breed them herself & claim the prize la! lol!
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Hanor, how to verify they were actually caught, or trapped, by her?
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Mosquitoes are pests and must be eradicated.
Spare one mosquitoe and one ppl might get dengue fever or malaria.
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for those who wanna insult her.... think twice bfore doin so
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did they actually count out 4 million mozzies, one by one ?
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wa.can she come to my house to add another two more to her record?
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that's not working smart huh? Catching 4m mozzies for a prize of USD 3000.
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
that's not working smart huh? Catching 4m mozzies for a prize of USD 3000.
how true...
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Originally posted by ditzy:
Hanor, how to verify they were actually caught, or trapped, by her?
tons of methods
1 gramatical error in my previous reply
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Singapore should really get her as a foreign talent. LOL!
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wow.
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Originally posted by -Wanderer-:
Singapore should really get her as a foreign talent. LOL!
haha maybe she ai taiwan dowan migrate here. -
Originally posted by Rock^Star:
that's not working smart huh? Catching 4m mozzies for a prize of USD 3000.
it was in a month at least...
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the most i can kill is 5 mozzies in one hour and she kills 4m in a month. She must have gone to a mozzie infested area, subjected herself to all that risk so that she can catch 4m mozzies. haha.
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
the most i can kill is 5 mozzies in one hour and she kills 4m in a month. She must have gone to a mozzie infested area, subjected herself to all that risk so that she can catch 4m mozzies. haha.
imagine those suit pple wear when working with beehives + 1 fly swatter... -
maybe she bred those mozzies herself? It take 21 days from egg to adult right lol.
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.....they should squeeze the blood out of the mosquitoes and donate it to the hospital