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FQQD to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years ago

they ain't contributing nothing to society

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FQQD to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years ago
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  • @robocall@lemmy.world
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    22•2 years ago

    I looked it up once - apparently mosquitos are an important food source for birds, bats, frogs, and the larvae is eaten by fish.

    • @flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works
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      20•2 years ago

      This meme is braindead. Mozzies do suck, but everything has it’s place and we’re waaay to stupid to play God with ecosystems and the food chain

      • Wet Noodle
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        8•2 years ago

        I do agree we doing way to much to ecosystems but mosquitoes are a problem worth trying to fix, in first world countries they barely spread disease but they kill so many people worldwide with disease. We most likely shouldn’t eradicate them for that but something tio mitigate that spread would be amazing.

        • @alp@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          2•2 years ago

          Yeah that breed that don’t carry virus idea sounds good. As they reproduce they stop transmitting it and eventually the entire species don’t carry it

      • TheHarpyEagle
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        8•2 years ago

        What? It worked perfectly with cane toads. And wild boars. And catfish. And mongoose.

        • @Doombot1@lemmy.one
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          4•2 years ago

          And rabbits. And kudzu. And Asian carp. Etc…

      • @Spliffman1@lemdro.id
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        2 years ago

        deleted by creator

        • @bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          3•2 years ago

          Me and my homies with the infinity gauntlet:

    • @spauldo@lemmy.ml
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      9•2 years ago

      They’re an insignificant source, at least for bats and birds.

    • TheHarpyEagle
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      7•2 years ago

      Unfortunately they’re also pollinators.

    • @GreenMario@lemm.ee
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      5•2 years ago

      I’m willing to take the risk. Those creatures can eat something else.

      • @Spliffman1@lemdro.id
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        deleted by creator

        • @ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works
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          3•2 years ago

          Great, how often can I snap? I’ll quit my job to focus on my snapping if you guys promise to feed me.

          • @Madison420@lemmy.world
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            Wouldn’t take that long, like maybe at maximum 50 snaps. It’s the same reason mlm scheme’s not only don’t work but can’t work.

  • NightDice
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    20•2 years ago

    Honestly, if it weren’t for the itch and the (admittedly somewhat low) chance for transmitting diseases, I wouldn’t mind them.

    • @Xanvial@lemmy.one
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      16•2 years ago

      if they can shut up when trying to suck my blood, I will mostly ignore them

    • @30p87@feddit.de
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      3•2 years ago

      So … you don’t mind the male mosquitoes. Only the female.

      • NightDice
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        2•2 years ago

        Wouldn’t mind them either if it weren’t for the aforementioned factors. And since I can hardly differentiate between male and female mosquitoes when I see one, because don’t know what to look for, they all get the extermination treatment once they enter my flat.

        • @Holzkohlen@feddit.de
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          1•2 years ago

          The mosquio dick, duh.

    • @alertsleeper@lemm.ee
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      3•2 years ago

      dengue has entered the chat

  • uphillbothways
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    10•2 years ago

    They’re mostly pollinators. Both males and females eat flower nectar. Females need a small amount of blood in addition to that when reproducing.

  • @nal@lib.lgbt
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    9•2 years ago

    I used to feel this way until I was bitten by a horsefly. I’d rather have 10 mosquito bites than this

    • @idiomaddict@feddit.de
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      But horseflies are easy to see, trap, and/or swat. Plus, that ratio might be right, 10:1, but I think my actual historical ratio is more like 400:1, and I’d definitely rather one horsefly bite than 400 mosquito bites

  • Hot Saucerman
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    5•2 years ago

    But like… do we need em?

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      2•2 years ago

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