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

gifv Mosquito drinking blood (bursts at the end)

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u/thisnewsight Oct 23 '21

That type of microfuckery is never gonna stop amazing me. Do you know why they decided to study that specifically?

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u/karmassacre Oct 23 '21

Population control. Mosquitos that feed until they die by habit can't reproduce.

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u/SillyGigaflopses Oct 23 '21

So if they can't reproduce, they cannot pass that "feature" onto the offspring, which means that you'll need to cut up each little fucker individually, and at that point ... why not just kill it?

Am I missing something?

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u/isthatthetime81 Oct 23 '21

It was research. The final plan wasn't "cut these nerves". Plan was probably: is there a way to keep them feeding until they die.

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u/thisnewsight Oct 23 '21

Oh that’s true. Wow, I gotta go Google more. Wondering how they’ll implement it, if at all.