Cleanse the followers of Nurgle!
Horrors We've Unleashed
Submitted 1 week ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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sirico@feddit.uk 1 week ago
LordGimp@lemm.ee 1 week ago
This is what vegans want. They want to take your virile bloodsucking proboscus and replace it with a limp dick fruit licker.
BAN ALL VEGANS
(Small /s)
Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 1 week ago
“Sheen, this is the 7th week in a row you’ve shown CRISPR modifications to the mosquito genome to curb malaria in class”
Comments are all the same as when they made mosquitos infertile, unable to spread malaria or wingless too.
Flyberius@hexbear.net 1 week ago
Surely this won’t have any knock on effects with the food chain…
BugleFingers@lemmy.world 1 week ago
As long as they can still get blood from other creatures too, I’m okay with it. If not, than that could have wild implications to the food chain assuming it leads to massive population degradation.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Not all species of mosquitos feed on blood, like how only some bats feed on blood. As long as we only mess with the ones that feed on blood, it is a lot more likely that species that feed on mosquitos will have time to adapt to population changes.
Even the ones that do feed on mosquitos don’t feed exclusively on mosquitoes.
pennomi@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I have a suspicion this gene would not be selected for when the mosquitos proceeded.
protist@mander.xyz 1 week ago
The entire point is to kill them. They are invasive anyway
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 6 days ago
This is as sad as watching the Terminator try to kill people with a broken gun. Alexa, play “in the arms of the angels”
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 6 days ago
BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
This will probably work for 20 years, due to evolution they’ll just re-evolve that thing hard
thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 1 week ago
If your proboscis stays engorged for more than 4 hours, contact a geneticist
thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I can’t believe i’m saying this, but… I think mosquitos don’t deserve this. There’s basically no life form that deserves our cruelty more than mosquitoes, but this is too cruel.
letsgo@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Yeah but those little bastards started it. People call what’s happening in Gaza a genocide but that’s nothing compared with the mozzie kill count.
Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Horrible and unethical idea: We modify the mosquito to strongly prefer the blood of some specific animal species. Said species will then be raised in captivity only for it to be sacrificed to the mosquitos. This way they get to procreate and spread the modified gene to new generations, and keep them alive for the ecosystem to feed on.
grubberfly@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Mosquitoes are the new Gods.
Nunar@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s already happened, we’re the sacrifice…
bluewing@lemm.ee 1 week ago
It’s a nice idea. But I wonder what the long term ramifications might be. What ripple effects might happen that we can’t see today that end up being problems in the future.
Human history is littered with such problems.
meliaesc@lemmy.world 1 week ago
There have been extensive studies done on the topic already, the planet does not need mosquitos.
Klear@lemmy.world 1 week ago
While some species may benefit from the absence of mosquitoes, others could face ecological disruptions due to changes in food webs.
However, eliminating mosquitoes entirely could also have unforeseen consequences, highlighting the importance of careful consideration and scientific research.
Other people have asked the same question you have, Niko, and scientists think that removing every single mosquito from the world wouldn’t have a bad overall effect on the environment. But none of us are sure what will happen to small ecosystems and whether these would be better off without mosquitoes.
The science is not really settled yet.
bluewing@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Yes I know. And maybe those studies are fully correct. I certainly have no way to cross check them. So you and I must take them at face value.
But even science will tell you that you should have at least some skepticism of such studies. Because it always seems like we miss some tiny important detail that only reveals it’s self later as we refine our knowledge on a subject.
ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml 1 week ago
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 week ago
“sir, there’s been a complication…it seems the mosquitoes with our gene are dying off in water ways and directly polluting the waters…humans may never be erect again.”
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
In all seriousness… that would solve a lot of problems, and humanity would persist with (upgraded) reciprocal IVF. It would be kinda sad to see mankind disappear though.
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Well penis pump+ring keep it up long enough I’m sure
Swallowtail@beehaw.org 1 week ago
I’m having a hard time actually finding a source for this. Just a few poorly written articles that basically cite this video as a source. Something this potentially impactful seems like it would make the rounds more, so I’m very skeptical.
Arfman@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I saw this posted on Twitter and the community notes said the person’s skin was too thick and it’s a normal mosquito.
Fleur_@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Who knew this whole time I was team mossie
umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
lol its soon gonna be us. and you bet they will be selling it as a great thing at first.
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Why making them flacid instead of just killing them?
Most species are invasive and not part of the natursl ecosystem of most places anyway.
TheOakTree@lemm.ee 1 week ago
The idea is to introduce this genetic expression into wild mosquito populations. That way, the inevitable act of mosquito reproduction lowers the next generation’s population size.
andshit@lemmy.world 6 days ago
LOL FUCK EM