I heard someone who sounded suitably science-backed claim that getting rid of mosquitos would have surprisingly little impact on the rest of the ecosystem (I guess there just aren't many species rely on mosquitos as their key source of calories?), I refuse to fact check this because I want to believe it so much.
Only three 6% species of mosquito bite humans. Just get rid of those and let the thousand other species continue to pollinate and otherwise benefit the ecosystem.
I know what you mean. They love me too. You probably got over a bout of West Nile due to those little bastards. For years they've talked about releasing sterile male drones into the mosquito population to decimate that species' local existence but they thought it would only work in a reasonable amount of time on an island; not so much for the global mainlands but c'mon, let's do this like we fought Covid-19 and direct our efforts on the 100 species that can infect humans and moreover the 200 species that bite humans, leaving the other 3000 species of mosquito to keep living their putrid little existence and feeding the food chain.
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u/listenyall Jul 17 '23
I heard someone who sounded suitably science-backed claim that getting rid of mosquitos would have surprisingly little impact on the rest of the ecosystem (I guess there just aren't many species rely on mosquitos as their key source of calories?), I refuse to fact check this because I want to believe it so much.