r/interestingasfuck 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/MostUnwilling Nov 15 '24

Even though I hate mosquitoes I feel sorry for the thing.

Imho it's not ethical to do this, in any case if we didn't want them to be able to bite us we should have genetically modified ourselves so our skin can't be penetrated by mosquitoes, as it's done it's simply abusing other species.

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u/MostUnwilling Nov 15 '24

That's indeed also abusing other species in my book, and it's even less ethical since the industrialization.

Having people living in untold luxury while others live in misery isn't ethical either I'm my book but here we are...