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[–] Overshoot2648@lemm.ee 48 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Well there's like 30 species and only 4 that hurt humans, so mosquitoes can stay, but those specific 4 can die off.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

There's one specific species that causes malaria. Getting rid of that particular one would probably do more good than harm. Their place on the food chain can be filled in by others.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago

But if they fill in the place in the food chain, that also means they need to be snacking on us.

And I'm not just saying that to be a smart-ass. If humans were a different species, we'd call them horrendously invasive, awful for local ecosystems and that it's really important that their numbers are kept in check, or whatever other euphemisms there are.
No, I don't want to suggest that we should leave humans to die, but we should be aware that it's not as simple as just saving a few lives. We will run into different problems sooner rather than later.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 23 points 18 hours ago

Even better, there's thousands of mosquito species, and only 4 that bit humans

Those 4 can fuck right off into extinction

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago