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Puppies and Scientists Team Up Against Zika and Other Diseases | Expedition Raw


oh yeah the puppies are absolutely
critical to the research okay I love you
we are collecting blood sucking
creatures like fleas and mosquitoes
because they transmit disease to humans
like dengue virus Zika virus bubonic
plague or Bartonella so what are the
most fun parts about this expedition is
that we get to meet all sorts of great
kids and they quickly bring us to all
the puppies and nice dogs in the village
I’m now known as the flea hunter of the
Amazon and I’m a very hairy person and
so sometimes you see a flea running
through your hair it’s a little bit
disgusting okay all up here look at
these at the tub burger little hooker
that’s why I really try to have a net
collective many fleas as possible and I
stick to the mosquito captures come on
dude these are getting on me as we speak
the mosquito captures Nick and I will
just walk into the jungle and stand
there and wait for mosquitos to land on
each of us and then we suck them off of
each other with aspirators videos
trapped in your body here I know the
perfect bait on my worst day I have
probably received 500 vais just myself
we will use DNA sequencing to look at
thousands of these insects and each one
will likely have unique bacteria living
inside them that has not been discovered
previously one that’s just too full but
even like fly I hope that we can figure
out how the bacteria that live in these
creatures how they are distributed
across the Amazon and hopefully that
information will help us better predict
which communities are most at risk for
future outbreaks of disease
I don’t think I’ll ever get used to
putting my finger up a water box anus
alright but just when you get a fecal
sample you’ll mess around just wanna be
as thorough as possible
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