Residents of Atlanta enjoy a lifestyle that is difficult to find in many other metropolitan areas. The city is one of the few American cities with resident professional companies in the four major disciplines of the performing arts: opera, theater, symphony and ballet. Sports fans can support Atlanta's professional football, baseball and basketball teams. A variety of museums and outdoor activities can be found in the metropolitan area. The climate provides four distinct seasons, and the area's abundant rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year although early autumn and spring tend to be a bit drier. Unfortunately for the human population, mosquitoes seem to find the Atlanta area appealing as well. Mosquitoes Are the Most Deadly Creature …show more content…
They can transmit a wide variety of diseases to humans, including malaria, Zika, west Nile virus, chikungunya and yellow fever. They can also transmit Eastern equine encephalitis, a virus that can affect humans as well as horses and other mammals and that is of particular concern in the Southeast. Given the vast array of diseases that mosquitoes can transmit, it is not surprising that mosquitoes are known as the deadliest creature on the planet. Globally, mosquitoes are blamed for more deaths than all of the wars that have been waged since the dawn of history. Each year, for example, more than 2 million people die from malaria transmitted by mosquitoes, and an additional 200 million people are infected with the disease. Recent estimates place the number of people killed or debilitated by all mosquito-borne diseases in the tens of millions. One reason that mosquitoes can be particularly successful in transmitting diseases is that they breed prolifically. Although females typically live less than two weeks in the wild, they can lay up to 200 eggs during their life. Thus, a single breeding pair can be responsible for many thousands of descendants in a matter of two to four