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And presumably all the birds will have plenty of other things to eat, right?
by bencollier49 7y ago
And presumably all the birds will have plenty of other things to eat, right?
- robbrown451 7y agoThere is no species of bird for which mosquitos are particularly important to their diet. Even if the number of certain birds or bats were somewhat reduced, I'd accept that tradeoff.
- stubish 7y agoYup. There are plenty of other species of mosquito to eat. Eradicating one or a dozen species of mosquito will not lower the number of mosquitoes.
- vitorgrs 7y agoAedes aegypti is not native to Brazil. Aedes aegypti propagates dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever and is a big problem in Brazil. It kills people (and other animals). Just this year, 600 people died from Dengue alone in Brazil, and almost 2 million of people infected with it, and is not even spring-summer yet, which is where is the big problem....