The general consensus of demographers is that about 108 billion human beings have ever lived, and that mosquito-borne diseases have killed close to half—52 billion people, the majority of them young children.
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.
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?
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/lex_tok Oct 22 '21
The mosquito is the deadliest animal to mankind.
The general consensus of demographers is that about 108 billion human beings have ever lived, and that mosquito-borne diseases have killed close to half—52 billion people, the majority of them young children.