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There are places where mosquitos are an invasive species. Hawaii apparently did not have mosquitos until they were introduced there by humans. So that might be
by speleding 10y ago
There are places where mosquitos are an invasive species. Hawaii apparently did not have mosquitos until they were introduced there by humans. So that might be a good place to experiment with eradicating them, the "it's not natural" argument would carry less weight there.
- bduerst 10y agoPrecisely. To be clear, eradication of invasive mosquito species where they aren't native is a great idea. Thinking that removing mosquitoes from the ecosystems everywhere won't have a negative impact on the environment is less so.
- funkyy 10y agoThere will be obviously an impact. Question is how big.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoI don't really understand why we're arguing about this. How many species have we lost as a result of human activity? What's one more. Here's a list[1]. Fuck the mosquito. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_extinct_animals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_extinct_animals 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine
- azazqadir 10y agoThe point is we are deliberately trying to eliminate their existence and we will be directly responsible for that.
- u_me_him 10y agoI can live with that
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoSee my second reference to the Thylacine. We deliberately tried to eliminate that creature and succeeded.