• loutr
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    3 hours ago

    Hey, most bugs are cool and an important part of their ecosystem.

    Mosquitoes tho ? Yeah, fuck them.

    • shneancy@lemmy.world
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      52 minutes ago

      as much as i’d love to agree with that-

      mosquitos are pollinators and an important food source for quite a few animals. Our eco system would not be fine if we got rid of them

      • BalooWasWahoo@links.hackliberty.org
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        23 minutes ago

        First, they aren’t critical in either of those roles, and second, there are a few thousand species of mosquitoes, and only five of them cause issues with human health. Get rid of those five, and you haven’t caused much ruckus. The others will be fine in their continued parts.

        Now, that being said, nobody knows for certain what will happen if all five are completely eradicated, but the sentiment above seems to be the consensus among people who have studied them.

      • weker01@sh.itjust.works
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        33 minutes ago

        That… That is a price I am willing to accept.

        Total mutual destruction is the only way™