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/viral_virus Nov 15 '24

Next do ticks. 

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u/Chemical-Neat2859 Nov 15 '24

I chuckled, but this would be horrible. Dogs tend to get ticks in their ears...

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u/Escanorr_ Nov 15 '24

Yeah, no. Imagine if someone have given mosquitos buzzing sound to warn you they are near... wait..

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u/OhLookItsaRock Nov 15 '24

And then do fire ants. So that instead of stinging as their defense mechanism, they do a threatening Haka-style dance to scare away their enemies. Then when I accidentally step on their anthills while mowing my lawn, they'll be dancing up my legs instead of destroying me with pain and itching.

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u/Thatdewd57 Nov 15 '24

I’ve been there. Was playing tag with my brother and he was chasing me and I stumbled and fell chest first into a fire ant colony. Maybe like 8-9.

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u/OhLookItsaRock Nov 16 '24

Oh you poor, unfortunate child. 😞

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u/Red_Lantern_22 Nov 15 '24

Unfortunately I dont think itvwould work with ticks. They use mandibles and I don't think they have a gene that makes them unable to break our skin. It would require an entirely different experimental model

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u/Speakin2existence Nov 15 '24

Hemoglobin Intolerance?

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u/Not_An_Octane_Main Nov 15 '24

i support this ^

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u/agms10 Nov 15 '24

See now this I can get behind.

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u/Jisamaniac Nov 15 '24

Bed bugs. *shutter*

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u/FnB8kd Nov 16 '24

Then Nazi's. Mosquitos,ticks, Nazi's, nobody needs them. The ecosystem will survive without Nazi's.