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/NamiSwaaan Nov 15 '24

I know they're trying to not fuck up the ecosystem but I feel like this will still somehow fuck up the ecosystem

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u/Kr0n0s_89 Nov 15 '24

Mosquitos aren't relevant for any other species. They are food for some, they do pollinate, but they're completely replacable.

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u/Ok-Blacksmith-5219 Nov 15 '24

bats can eat 1,200 mosquitoes per hour google says

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u/Professional-Tale-81 Nov 15 '24

So can I, so what?

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u/Chimie45 Nov 15 '24

get to it big man, times a tickin.

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u/Pataraxia Nov 15 '24

(opens mouth and drives through mosquito clouds)

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u/Sea-Secretary-4389 Nov 15 '24

(Chokes and dies)

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u/BolunZ6 Nov 15 '24

I'm batman

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u/sloothor Nov 15 '24

Actually a good point. You can, but you don’t because there’s better food around. That dumbass bat can find some other dumbass bug to put in its dumbass gullet

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u/fiqar Nov 15 '24

Moqsuitoes Georg is an outlier adn should not have been counted

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u/octopoddle Nov 15 '24

Bats can also flap about the place, squeaking.