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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 15:49:01 GMT 7
Malaria, dengue, yellow fever, West Nile, chikungunya, and now Zika.
All transmitted by mosquitoes, resulting in tens of millions of deaths and an untold number of ruined backyard barbecues. What would be the effect on our ecosystem if we could somehow wipe these little pests from the face of the earth?
Would we do more harm than good?
We wouldn’t even need to get of all the mosquitoes. In fact, of the 3,500 mosquito species that humans have so far identified on earth, only a couple hundred or so give us trouble. And technology-wise, we’re better equipped to go to war with mosquitoes now than ever before. The little blighters that do bother are more powerful than anything. You think a little thing can bring you down, try sleeping in a closed room with a mozzie.
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Post by me on Apr 17, 2016 15:58:19 GMT 7
problem is when we eradicate the mossies we probably get a lot more of other species too...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 16:00:03 GMT 7
A bit like introducing the cane toad to eradicate the sugar cane bug methinks. Now those ugly fukkers are over taking Ozland.
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Post by me on Apr 17, 2016 16:00:17 GMT 7
Turn the fan full blast and laugh at the poor mossie flying all around hungry for blood...your blood.....and it cannot settle to feed because of the fan.
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Post by Soutpeel on Apr 17, 2016 16:04:56 GMT 7
Oi can you write the title of the thread more clearly please...I though it said ".....Eradicated Mosques" and I going to suggest world peace  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 16:05:01 GMT 7
Technology-wise, we’re better equipped to go to war with mosquitoes now than ever before. In decades past, efforts at eradication might’ve involved, say, draining a lake or DDT-ing a forest, triggering some massive downstream effects on the ecosystem. These days male mosquitos can be sterilized; we can engineer an “extinction gene,” to spread quickly through a mosquito species’ gene pool and ensure its death; we can infect species with harmful bacteria. In short, these are heady times in the mosquito-killin’ racket. So there’s not much somehow about it — sooner or later, we will be able to get rid of mosquitoes. But, as the existence of Pumpkin Spice Oreos teaches us, just because one can do something doesn’t mean one should. Let’s consider pros and cons. www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3284/what-if-we-eradicated-mosquitoes?utm_campaign=1219484_The%20Straight%20Dope%3A%2004%2F15%2F2016&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ChicagoReader&dm_i=2JCR,Q4YK,2KTNXE,1RBKM,1 |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 16:08:46 GMT 7
And snakes, and crocodiles, and spiders, and ....
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Post by Mosha on Apr 17, 2016 16:13:30 GMT 7
Well as to the OP, all those diseases are carried by Added Mosquito. There are may mosquito species, but only 3 or 4 are dangerous. What makes Aedes so dangerous is that it prefers multiple victims before laying eggs. Also it prefers to live in houses.
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Post by siampolee on Apr 17, 2016 16:42:13 GMT 7
Well there would be shortage of walking Guinness bottles wouldn't there?  Oh hell ,bloody glasses, though it read What if we eradicated mosques?   |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Apr 17, 2016 16:44:13 GMT 7
Its just Gods way of taking care of population control.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 16:46:19 GMT 7
Its just Gods way of taking care of population control. Directed at all those Catholics who refuse birth control no doubt. |
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Post by Mosha on Apr 17, 2016 16:46:37 GMT 7
Aedes not added, bloody auto.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 17:26:06 GMT 7
Biggest killer on the face of the earth aren't they?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 18:07:03 GMT 7
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Post by Mosha on Apr 17, 2016 18:25:03 GMT 7
Not a good idea to eradicate them all. For some fish its all they eat. The technology is there to target 1 species.
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