Don't Eat Me

Don't Eat Me 2

Episode Summary

The Cathars, the Black Death, Krakatoa and deadly mosquitos

Episode Notes

The spread of the Black Death, an epidemic of bubonic plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, was spread by disease-bearing fleas carried in turn by infected rats. Recent research has disputed this.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Black-Death
The Back Death and HIV
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/10/4/l_104_05.html

Tsunami: some countries often have plans to help deal with ‘tidal waves’, such as this one from New Zealand.

getthru.govt.nz/disasters/tsunami/

That most dangerous of animals, the mosquito: www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/