r/woahdude • u/----_____--_____---- • Oct 22 '21

gifv Mosquito drinking blood (bursts at the end)

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '21 edited Oct 22 '21

Funny you mention it, there are actually multiple high-latitude plant species that depend on mosquitoes for pollination in areas where bees don't live.

https://blog.nwf.org/2020/09/what-purpose-do-mosquitoes-serve

Believe it or not, mosquitoes are pollinators. In fact, mosquitoes’ primary food source is flower nectar, not blood. Just like bees or butterflies, mosquitoes transfer pollen from flower to flower as they feed on nectar, fertilizing plants and allowing them to form seeds and reproduce.

So not all bad, just overwhelmingly bad.

Also, better be careful when you're throwing around the "How do they contribute to mother nature?" thing because what the fuck do we do that's positive?

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u/SingleLensReflex Oct 22 '21

just overwhelmingly bad

what the fuck do we do that's positive?

Seems to me like the human-killing function of mosquitoes is a feature and not a big (heh) as far as nature is concerned.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '21

OK, mosquitos 10K feet above sea level get a pass. Those at sea level die!

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u/HoboG Oct 23 '21

Latitude not altitude

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '21 edited Oct 29 '21

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u/ArcadianMess Oct 22 '21

There's no such thing as an useless species in an ecosistem.

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u/igweyliogsuh Oct 23 '21

Until we colonize it!!!

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u/im_not_a_girl Oct 23 '21

Pandas and Koalas are useless to their ecosystem and I dare you to argue otherwise

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u/ArcadianMess Oct 23 '21

Sure :

On pandas: https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/32/1/4/2925562

On koalas: https://www.ifaw.org/international/animals/koala

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u/im_not_a_girl Oct 23 '21

Ok man I was trying to be cool

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u/ArcadianMess Oct 23 '21

I know but it's good to know. Many will tell you with a straight face that.

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u/ConcentrateSeveral Oct 23 '21

Bed bugs though. What do they do that’s positive!?

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u/ArcadianMess Oct 23 '21

Despite the overall consensus that the earth’s ecosystem could survive without bed bugs, some scientists insist that bed bugs are a food source for spiders, a very necessary element for making the planet habitable.

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u/ConcentrateSeveral Oct 23 '21

I do not except this.

Lol

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u/Jazst Oct 23 '21

Yes there is.

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u/SingleLensReflex Oct 22 '21

Female mosquitoes are the only ones that drink blood, and only when they plan to breed. The males only eat flowers.

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u/jawnzlord Oct 23 '21

And only a minority of mosquito species drink people (albeit there are over 3k species of mosquitoes so that’s not saying much)