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They transfer food from large animals near the top of the food chain to small animals nearer the bottom, by air and over a range of several miles. They might n
by swatcoder 4y ago
They transfer food from large animals near the top of the food chain to small animals nearer the bottom, by air and over a range of several miles.
They might not be the only thing that can do the job, but it’s an important job.
- buu700 4y agoIs this actually a useful effect of mosquitoes? It seems like any organisms that feed on waste and corpses would accomplish the same thing but better.
- chongli 4y agoYeah exactly. Beetles, worms, and fungi do the job quite nicely. We don’t need mosquitoes at all. When they’re gone other species will pick up the slack.
- brap 4y agoThis is a very interesting way to think about mosquitoes.
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoIsn’t the top of the food chain where we see the biggest thread to biodiversity. This reminds me of my favorite term from any college course: “charismatic megafauna.”