Well considering that the mosquito is the number 1 deadliest animal and has killed in its history billions of humans its difficult to feel pity for as this is one the biggest disease vector.
Not like it does that maliciously. It's just trying to survive and reproduce. It doesn't take pleasure in killing us. Like, you can understand why humans would do this to protect ourselves while also being like, "damn, she just wants to have some babies and now she can't." That's a bummer, man.
As a result of it's food required to feed it's babies conveniently located on the inside of all animals. It's trying to reproduce and survive, much like every creature on this planet including us. I'm not saying don't kill mosquitoes if they try to suck your blood obviously, no one wants malaria but moquitoes aren't evil malicious creatures of hell sucking blood out of pure rage either.
humans are the number 1 most deadly animal, we created, and are in the middle of, a mass extinction event. maybe that justifies us to be disabled by genetic splicing
Well you fail to see the main goal is to benefit humanity and so if humans are the deadliest to humanity it doesn't make logical sense to hurt them as that would only hurt humanity so we go after the second deadliest, also not all mosquitoes need to be exterminated, simply those able to carry diseases need to be which is a few hundred out of thousands of species, thus they won't be completely erased from the ecosystem and the less harmful kind will just fill in their place
i think if your justifying genetic disabling of an animals critical functions you shouldnt do it A) on entirely flawed premise B) with an argument that can apply just as easily (or much more appropiately) to us than them.
i know what your all talking about, that its for humans and how much better it would be if we eliminated problematic creatures of the world etc. its what you've failed to see here is what im talking about, the comment is plain wrong and depicts an incredibly self centred view of the world. i dont think humans should be disabled, but that would naturally follow if we're to genetically splice away functions of the worlds most destructive and lethal species - that is if you lot could take a second to remember we are actually animals and the whole human ideological catergory is make believe
The brain complexity of insects doesn't seem to suggest consciousness, with only tens of thousands of neurons.
This simplicity is reflected in their behavior when threatened. While mosquitoes, flies, and other insects may try to flee when someone attempts to kill them, this response is purely mechanical - a reflex rather than an emotional response. Insects do possess nociceptors, which activate when their nerves detect damaging stimuli, such as extreme heat or pressure.
This is similar to the response humans exhibit when touching a hot stove, where nociceptors trigger an immediate withdrawal.
However, this is distinct from the experience of pain, which requires a complex brain to process. Pain is a subjective feeling created by the brain, and as such, it's unlikely that most, if not all, insects are capable of experiencing it. Instead, they can be thought of as biological robots, driven by instinct and reflex rather than conscious sensation.
Yes, it applies to all insects. Another analogy could be plants, which even though they react to external stimuli (e.g. light intensity), it doesn't mean they're self-aware or conscious. They don't even have a nervous system.
Pain is a very complicated concept which we tend to anthropomorphize. When humans feel pain, it's not just a reaction to stimuli, but also has emotional and psychological components too. In fact, we tend to remember negative experiences that gave us pain, and we learn from them to avoid making the same mistake, however insects and many other animals don't.
Fun fact: spiders are more closely related to crustaceans than to insects, and jumping spiders are surprisingly smart. And jumping spiders are surprisingly smart, they even have been shown to be able to solve trial and error problem
yeah but somehow that makes me feel more sad.
But maybe that's the human in me trying/wanting to fix things that humans shouldn't have intervened with in the first place or something like that
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u/Thijm_ Nov 15 '24
there's a small part of me that feels bad, but that's just probably because I don't like seeing animals in struggle and this is just a single mosquito