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Taurenzine t1_ivg4f77 wrote

EDIT: My point isn't really valid and a comment pointed that out for me. Death to the mosquitos

I'm not at all opposed to kicking the shit out of mosquitos but would it be possible to make a female mosquito that just doesn't drink blood? Because doing that would allow for thr populations to be maintained so that mosquitos can continue to be a food source for other animals. With the solution proposed here we'd be essentially killing all the mosquitos.

I dont know enough about wildlife to know if thats ok and tbh i dont care that much but it was a thought that I had

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could_use_a_snack t1_ivg81fc wrote

Naw that's just making a different problem. Female mosquitos need blood as a food source to produce eggs. (Or something like that) If they can't use blood they would need to find a different food source and whatever that ended up being would also be a huge change to the ecosystem.

Humans need to develop a way to fight the disease within the human population so as not to disrupt other species.

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Taurenzine t1_ivgarvt wrote

You make a very good point and I am now fully on board

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