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Wolves = the only species of wolves in Yellowstone. Eliminating wolves (a native species) eliminates 100% of the wolves in Yellowstone. A key part of the food c
by Loughla 6y ago
Wolves = the only species of wolves in Yellowstone. Eliminating wolves (a native species) eliminates 100% of the wolves in Yellowstone. A key part of the food chain is removed.
aedes aegypti = 4% of the mosquitoes in this region. Eliminating aedes aegypti (an introduced, invasive species) eliminates 4% of the mosquitoes in the region. The food chain still has 96% of the mosquitoes available.
There is just a difference in those two things.
- agumonkey 6y agoOk, no need to nitpick, also they didn't remove wolves, they reduced the population, but the issues came anyways.
- Tagbert 6y agoThe nit picked here is that your anecdote was about removing all wolves from an area whereas the mosquito discussion is about removing one mosquito species of many when that species is non-native and only comprises 4% of the overall population. The potential for issues is massively different.