Ray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Sinclair" <rjs_at_silcom.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:51 AM
Subject: NANFA-- RE: nanfa V1 #1786 - Ravenous Sunnies
> Oh, oh... Maybe future generations of NANFA members can discuss
> "Damnenneacanthus obesus" in addition to "Dambusia." :-(
>
> Bob Sinclair
> Santa Barbara
>
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> Ravenous Sunnies - Scientists to Probe Sunfish, Mosquitos
>
> By JAY LINDSAY, Associated Press Writer
>
> BOSTON - The tenacity with which the banded sunfish devours mosquito
> larvae is described by scientist Bill Mebane by evoking an image of a
> starving man set loose in a yard buried in popcorn.
>
> The banded sunfish is so ravenous that some scientists think it could
> be
> the perfect mosquito killing machine, potentially putting a major dent
> in the pest's East Coast population.
>
> This summer, researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods
> Hole revived dormant research into using the fish for mosquito
> control.
>
> The fish could infiltrate remote areas that are difficult to reach
> with
> the larvicide widely used today, providing more effective control for
> less money and blunting the reach of mosquito-borne diseases like the
> West Nile virus. [And so on...SNIP]
>
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