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You should lie out here and take a nap (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Not all mosquitoes bite humans. If you exterminated the biting ones, the non-biting ones would just fill that same ecological niche.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The males don't bite, but the females need that sweet protein from blood to grow the next generation. Exterminating all the females (the biting ones) would end the whole population.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The non-biting variety are called "blind mosquitoes" or "midges". Their females don't suck blood.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Mosquitoes are the only natural predators of humans. If you mess with the delicate ecosystem, humans will procreate uninhibited and exhaust their resources, leading to a far worse fate. It's kinder to just leave the mosquitoes be, and let nature run its course.