Humans have already caused so many species to go extinct.
this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2024
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Mosquitos are pollinators. And in some parts of the world that have extreme seasons that can't sustain bees, they seem rather important to the ecosystem.
Instead of eradicating them, genetically engineering away the numbing in their saliva that causes the allergic reaction in humans could be a solution.
I'll trade a couple weeks of itchy bites for a briefly painful bite any day.
Sure, humans would kill them instantly on feeling the bite, but most animals are not capable of that. Their populations would be fine.
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Yeah, this idea scares me.
I thought they just didn’t breed in my habitat last time I moved— turns out they can breed here but they’re quite tightly managed.
Socal?
Nor-cal but close
What about house flies? Can we kill those too?
