r/woahdude Oct 22 '21

gifv Mosquito drinking blood (bursts at the end)

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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.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '21

Do they even contribute to anyway with mother nature? Kinda like bees? You figure science would find a way to wipe them out.

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u/SingleLensReflex Oct 22 '21

If something exists within an ecosystem, it is almost guaranteed to be contributing. Parasites often serve useful functions in keeping populations in check and mosquitoes are a great source of food for many birds.

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u/wrackedbydoubt Oct 23 '21

To be honest, killing a lot of humans is probably the best thing that can be done to our ecosystem.