Some harmful animals and their effects on people

Prepared by: Reo Paolo M. Uri

Not all animals are useful. Some of them are harmful. What animals are harmful? Why are they harmful?

Flies

As flies more around, they carry with them germs that they from garbage, human wastes and decaying matter. Some of these cause cholera, dysentery and other diseases. When the flies a light on food, they leave these germs. A person who takes this food will also take in the germs which could mate him or her sick.

Common illnesses that may result cholera and dysentery. Both are characterized by diarrhea or loose bowel movement. They can cause death be cause of loss of water in the person's body.

Flies carry germs that cause diseases.

Mosquitos

What diseases are caused by mosquitoes? The most common disease transmitted by mosquitoes is malaria. When a mosquito bites a person who has malaria, it also sucks the malaria germs. THe germs are transferred to persons bitten by the same mosquito.

Another disease transmitted by mosquito is H-Fever which usually attacks children. H-fever brings about high fever. It also weakness or destroys the veins. This causes internal bleeding.

Some kind of mosquitoes carry germs that cause diseases.

Cockroaches

Cockroaches are dirty insects. They have a foul odor, when they crawl on foods, plates, spoons and other things in the house, they leave their foul odor.

Cockroaches live in dark, damp places. They eat not only our food but also the glue in books and magazines. They crawl on garbage and dead animals. When they crawl on food, they leave on it the germs that they carry on their legs.

Rats

Rats live in dark, damp holes. They look for food in garbage sites. At night, they came out of their hiding places and look for food in kitchens of homes.

Rats are carries of diseases, They destroy crops, They also destroy clothes and books that are kept in places which are not cleaned regularly.

Do you know of other harmful animals? How do they harm people?

Cockroaches and rats live in dark damp places.

They carry germs that are harmful to people. 

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