How to beat mosquitoes
6/21/202630 min
They’re the deadliest animal on the planet. Now even Google is getting into the extermination business.
This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Michelle Hirsch, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill.
A tiger mosquito is crushed in the hand of a man after being bitten. Photo by MATTHIEU DELATY/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
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Speaker 20:38
Support for this show comes from Fetch Pet Insurance. Do you have a pet? Every six seconds, a pet owner in the US gets hit with a vet bill of over $1,000, and it's almost always an unwelcome surprise. That's where Fetch Pet Insurance comes in. Fetch is the most complete pet insurance. Get paid back up to 90% of vet bills. You can use any vet in the US and Canada. All vets are in-network. Go to fetchpet.com/save right now for your free quote. That's fetchpet.com/save. [mosquitoes buzzing] Mosquitoes are definitely one of the most frustrating parts of summer.
Speaker 31:21
I went camping for a weekend and came back with 200 mosquito bites.
Speaker 41:26
Mosquitoes love me. Whatever it is that they're into,