In Australia, mosquitoes and possums may spread a flesh-eating disease
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![A photo of a ringtail possum sitting on a tree branch looking down at the camera.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/062323_eg_flesh-eating-bacteria_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Some mosquitoes in southeastern Australia feed on both common ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus, pictured) and people, providing a link to transmit a flesh-eating disease from the possums to humans.
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