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Mosquitoes are an essential part of the diet of many species: birds, spiders, toads, small rodents. The assumption is that those species could find replacements
by bertil 10y ago
Mosquitoes are an essential part of the diet of many species: birds, spiders, toads, small rodents. The assumption is that those species could find replacements, but it is still a major change.
The Guinea worm presumably does not represent a significant ecological step.
- enraged_camel 10y ago>>Mosquitoes are an essential part of the diet of many species: birds, spiders, toads, small rodents. The assumption is that those species could find replacements, but it is still a major change. According to one of the commenters in the Zika thread, who claims to have done research on the issue, there are no known species that feed primarily on mosquitoes. Therefore, eradicating them would probably not cause too much damage. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12324390 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12324390 Besides, we aren't talking about eradicating all mosquitoes. Only the few species that bite humans.