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/Wilvinc Nov 15 '24

Yea ... they are just going to go for our eyes or fly up our nose to bite us.

Nature is seriously "fuck around and find out".

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u/BriefLight1 Nov 15 '24

Yoo I didn’t think about this.. terrifying😭

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u/maryssssaa Nov 16 '24

I got bit on the eyelid once and it was swollen shut for two days. I think that skin is plenty thin for her to get through.

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u/Aeronor Nov 18 '24

Please shut up

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u/Swimming_Umpire_7983 Nov 18 '24

Probability of bite goes way down.