The Picard ManeuverJun 4, 2024

You should lie out here and take a nap

https://lemmy.world/post/16172734

You should lie out here and take a nap - Lemmy.World

Show threadNeatoJun 4, 2024
If we could engineer and exterminate all ticks and mosquitos we’d all be so happy.
Show threadXanthraxJun 4, 2024
Mosquitos are pollinators.
Show threadSomeonelolJun 4, 2024
Not every species are beneficial. There are only a handful that bite us and don’t really contribute to the ecosystem. Those are the ones we need to get rid of.
Show threaddogsoahCJun 4, 2024
We don’t understand the intricacies of any ecosystem nearly enough to start engineering it. Pull one thread, and you might unravel the tapestry.
Show threadichbinjasokreativ
We wipe out thousands of species every year through pollution alone, what’s one more to add to the pile?
Jun 5, 2024 at 6:38amWeb
Show threaddogsoahCJun 5, 2024
  • Ticks, mosquitoes, … aren’t just one species.
  • The species that go extinct are mostly local ones that don’t have large numbers to begin with. While one individual mosquito is insignificant to a ridiculous degree, mosquitoes as a whole, even just one species, play a much bigger role than the Northern Fuckwitted Summerbunny of East Whateverstan could ever do.