lucg@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I think this every time I kill a mosquito or fruit fly but they don’t seem to be getting any faster, smarter, or quieter. Where’s Darwin when you need him?
lucg@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I think this every time I kill a mosquito or fruit fly but they don’t seem to be getting any faster, smarter, or quieter. Where’s Darwin when you need him?
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 days ago
There’s just so many that the relative few getting killed by swatting aren’t having an impact on their genetics.
Liz@midwest.social 4 days ago
Also we’ve been doing it for millennia. The evolutionary pressure is already there. These are just the ones with the random mutations that make them slow enough to slap.
It’s like asking why gazzel aren’t fast enough to outrun a lion.