Public media and nature documentary fans unite! KQED Deep Look’s video “How Mosquitoes Use Six Needles to Suck Your Blood,” has been nominated in the 21st Annual Webby Awards – the Oscars of the Internet. Cast your vote and help us win a Webby for public media and science!
Watch “How Mosquitoes Use Six Needles to Suck Your Blood” below:
“How Mosquitoes Use Six Needles to Suck Your Blood,” produced by Gabriela Quirós, gets really, really close to show you what a mosquito is doing when it bites you. Scientists have been figuring out all the bloody details, and it’s not just for idle curiosity: mosquito bites are more dangerous to humans than any other animal bite. While female mosquitoes — only females bite us — are drinking our blood to grow their eggs, they can leave behind viruses and parasites that cause diseases like West Nile, Zika, malaria and dengue.
![GIF of Mosquito BIte](http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/06/DL_310MosquitoBite_ANOPHELESSAWS_500.gif)
Want to see Deep Look triumph on that Webbys stage? Cast your vote now! The last day to vote is April 20.