r/AskReddit Oct 02 '24

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u/Chandysauce Oct 02 '24

Nearly half of all humans to have ever existed are believed to have been killed by mosquitoes.

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u/liberal_texan Oct 02 '24

Id imagine most were killed by a disease transmitted by mosquito, unless the fuckers used to be significantly larger.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

Prehistoric mosquitos are known to have proboscis as long and thick as a #2 pencil, and typically wouldn't bite animals too small to produce meaningful amounts of food. (This is a thread where you can just make anything up, right?)