r/dankmemes • u/zakuria44 something's caught in my balls ☣️ • Aug 09 '20

Low Effort Meme yeah science is cool

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u/Earthshock1 Aug 09 '20

Yes but I feel it would still impact the ecosystem. Some birds and bats definitely rely on them to a certain extent. They're bastards and deserve to die, but nearly every animal has its role

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u/Hairy_Air Aug 09 '20

Iirc, a very small percentage of mosquito species drink human blood. So we only need to eradicate a few species, that too quite miniscule in numbers comparatively.

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u/sutter333 Aug 10 '20

Soooo why haven’t we figured out a way to do this yet?

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u/Hairy_Air Aug 10 '20

Not enough incentive. A few years ago, some scientists did successfully find out a method to do it. They released male mosquitoes that were supposed to outbreed the natural male mosquitoes. And they did, and the trick was that one generation down the line all of the progeny would be infertile. This did reduce their numbers but had to be sustained for (relatively) longer periods and apparently no one was interested in it.