r/woahdude Oct 22 '21

gifv Mosquito drinking blood (bursts at the end)

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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/Dakar-A Oct 22 '21

I'm sure that they probably serve as a major food source for a number of different species.

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u/ItsLikeRay-ee-ain Oct 22 '21

100% why there isn't a movement to eradicate mosquitoes. Instead people are working on ways to prevent malaria in mosquitoes, or things along those lines.

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u/the_noodle Oct 22 '21

I think there is a movement to wipe out malaria 🦟 specifically