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Horrors We've Unleashed (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 104 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I would not want to see things like this done to the overwhelming majority of living things. But mosquitoes, I say let them starve.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

ticks, too

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Most dangerous animal in our forests

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't the blood only needed for procreation?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes. Some (not all species) female mosquitoes drink blood for the protein, which they need for egg production. Their actual diet is nectar from flowers.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean, I hate mosquitoes as much as the next guy, but that sounds like a great way to destroy whole ecosystems that rely on mosquitoes as a food source.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

But keep in mind there are a lot of invasive populations of mosquitoes and some of them are disease carrying species. Since they're invasive, by definition they're not vital to the natural ecosystem and those populations could be safely wiped out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Of all the creatures big and small we've driven extinct, mosquitoes will not likely be the one that breaks the camel's back.