July 7, 2009—An Argentine official is suggesting people adopt mosquito-munching frogs—not chemicals—as a solution to an outbreak of the disease dengue fever, which is spread by the insects.© 2009 National Geographic (AP) (ref: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090707-argentina-frogs-video-ap.html)
I like this biological control idea..perhaps it can be adopted in our country where dengue/chikukunya cases are increasing and death toll also increases due to the mosquitoes related diseases.Well.. can be applied here because frogs are common amphibians but I agree only local species should be introduced or else will create ecological crisis. But biological things also need to be maintained especially frogs like ponds..those houses with big compound can provide one dedicated pool for frogs..it can also be turned out to be a recreational and scenic pool as what we have for our arowana, or other beautiful fishes. Just add in one more species to that..and of course our helpful and everuseful frogs to combat mosquitoes!
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Used the nature to balance the environment..but sometimes a lot of frog can lead to noise pollution..it can bring a good and a bad idea..:)
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