Comment on Horrors We've Unleashed

jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• thesporkeffect@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  • ticks, too

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Most dangerous animal in our forests

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• Hule@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Isn’t the blood only needed for procreation?

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  • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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

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• cuck4mai@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  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.

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  • Sludgehammer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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  • Lev_Astov@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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