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minus-squareDabundis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoIf we were to somehow magically remove mosquitos from existence in an instant, we’d better hope something fills their ecological niche quickly
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI think the purpose of the original genetic modification is to make them unable to bite humans (and spread malaria) but to otherwise leave them capable of feeding, thus not wiping them out and upsetting the ecosystem they’re part of
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoNothing eats them exclusively, that I know of. And they’re tiny. Any insectivore is getting far more nutrition out of about anything else. Maybe I’m wrong, but biologists seem to think eradication is a non-issue.
If we were to somehow magically remove mosquitos from existence in an instant, we’d better hope something fills their ecological niche quickly
I think the purpose of the original genetic modification is to make them unable to bite humans (and spread malaria) but to otherwise leave them capable of feeding, thus not wiping them out and upsetting the ecosystem they’re part of
Nothing eats them exclusively, that I know of. And they’re tiny. Any insectivore is getting far more nutrition out of about anything else.
Maybe I’m wrong, but biologists seem to think eradication is a non-issue.