Minnows solved a serious problem for the Italian engineers who wished to develop Istra, on the east shore of the Adriatic. The place was full of stagnant ponds, in which malariabearing mosquitoes flourished. The pest was conquered by introducing a special type of minnow from Carolina, United States, which eats moquito eggs greedily.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20988, 17 October 1933, Page 6
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