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Nature's Best Surgeon: Close-Up View of Mosquito at Work

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Even the most advanced surgical team would turn green with envy seeing the state-of-the-art tools given to mosquitoes by nature. 08.06.2016, Sputnik International

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Nature's Best Surgeon: Close-Up View of Mosquito at Work

18:01 GMT 08.06.2016 (Updated: 19:27 GMT 19.10.2022)

Even the most advanced surgical team would turn green with envy seeing the state-of-the-art tools given to mosquitoes by nature.

A female mosquito (only female mosquitoes suck blood as they need it for making eggs) has a sophisticated apparatus for sucking blood consisting of six "needles."

The danger for humans is that mosquitoes can transmit viruses, Zika being a notorious example.