Galapagos Island wildlife threatened by mosquitoes

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As H1N1 aka. swine flu is speading among people travelling throughout the Pacific, the native wildlife of the Galapagos is also threatened by mosquitoes as seen here.  This not only an example of the fragile ecosystem in the Galapagos as scientists are comparing this issue with the spread of foreign diaseases in Hawai'i during the 19th century.