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https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/wild-ones-live/

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

This isn't really true though, especially since the mosquitoes in question aren't even native to the Americas, and whole ecosystems evolved without them. I have also read multiple things about how mosquitoes don't actually make up much of the diet of these animals anyway, because they are tiny and provide almost no nutrients, these animals prefer most other insects before eating a mosquito