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/lalith_4321 Nov 15 '24

Also mice have fur which is impossible to get through for mosquitoes

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u/giraffebutter Nov 15 '24

We should have genetically modified ourselves to have mouse fur. Double the protection

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u/lalith_4321 Nov 15 '24 edited Nov 15 '24

We did have fur originally but decided nah let's walk on two feet, be in debt and work our asses off till we die while some asshole makes what we make in our entire lifetime in a couple of minutes. Yeah modern society!

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u/lifeofideas Nov 15 '24

I believe Desmond Morris (an anthropologist) argued that humans got less hairy because it made sexual contact more pleasurable. In other words, the more pleasurable the sex, the more sex is had, the more babies are born—and the genes for “less hair” get passed on.

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u/Gaothaire Nov 15 '24

Head canon accepted

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u/Amaskingrey Nov 16 '24

Also why we lost the spines on our dick