SH> Don't assume it can't happen there.  So far it hasn't gotten this far
 SH> north but initially there was surprise that the disease had made it to
 SH> North America.

To bad. Just see what SARS have done.

 BF>> They don't bother birds but huge swarms have killed some deers.

 SH> The mosquitoes certainly bother caribou in the high Arctic.  Incidentally,
 SH> that is "deer".  Normally, there is no plural designation
for the animal.

I have seen a picture of a dead deer, killed by mosquitos and it wasn't nice.
They had sucked much blood and the deer had injured him self, trying to get
rid of them and think about all that itching.

//Bj”rn

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