One tiny creature has played a big role in keeping parts of sub-Saharan Africa largely unpopulated. The blood-sucking tsetse fly carries diseases so deadly to humans (sleeping sickness) and livestock (nagana) that people can’t farm or even survive in areas where the pest thrives. (Photo: www.warrenphotographic.co.uk)
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