A city councillor in Cork, Ireland is advocating to erect a public statue of a mosquito. It wouldn’t be a statue of just any mosquito , but the pest that some — at least in Cork–believe bit the English invader, Oliver Cromwell — sending him home to die of what was once known as ‘Cork fever,’ an old name for malaria.
Or a 6-foot mosquito jamming its proboscis into a lifesize Cromwell. Animation, screams and squelching sound effects optional.
Just for the record, malaria weakens mosquitoes and kills like half of them. Just thought I would inject that into the conversation here.