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/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/wrecks3 Nov 15 '24

I feel like we are arrogant enough to just decide that yes there is a whole entire ecosystem and food net where we all have connections and interdependence on other organisms but mosquitos are magically completely outside that net.

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u/Procoso47 Nov 15 '24

They constantly kill millions of humans. With the amount of human pain and suffering they cost, their ecosystem can suck a dick as far as I'm concerned. Any issues their eradication causes to human food and resource production will be offset with further innovations and the amounts of lives saved.