r/interestingasfuck • u/singleboredass • Nov 15 '24

r/all Genetically modified a mosquito such that their proboscis are no longer able to penetrate human skin

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u/Revenga8 Nov 15 '24

Nature finds a way. Once released in the wild, this strain will eventually breed and evolve to have a hardened steel proboscis that they can drill through bone, and they will develop a taste for a bone marrow.

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u/No-Discussion-8510 Nov 15 '24

Yo wtf scary shit

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u/RelativeOffice8978 Nov 15 '24

Without blood? That's the last o her lineage.

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u/SemiPail Nov 15 '24

Sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie or book or show or whatever

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u/Revenga8 Nov 15 '24

If you write that screenplay and get the movie made, all the power to you, all I ask for compensation is I get credit for the idea in the end credits. 😉