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What's the purpose of mosquitoes in the animal kingdom?
by h4ch1 3y ago
What's the purpose of mosquitoes in the animal kingdom?
- m3kw9 3y agofood for other animal(fish)/insects
- at_a_remove 3y agoNothing in the animal kingdom has purpose, only accidental functions which luckily support the accidental functions of other things. To self-replicate, to be sure; to eat and be eaten, primarily, is the purpose of most animals in terms of where they "fit in."
- meindnoch 3y agoTo make new mosquitoes.
- eric-hu 3y agoOne could make a case that they spread diseases that kept humans in check in certain parts of the world, until modern medicine came to be.
- turtledragonfly 3y agoThat's an interesting re-phrasing of the age-old question "what's the purpose of life?" (:
- bproven 3y agowhat is the purpose of humans in the animal kingdom? ;)
- Kye 3y agoFinding and eating alien life.
- pelagic_sky 3y agoTo feed mosquitoes
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoPeriodic bloodletting. https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-therapeutic-phlebotomy-4058459 https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-therapeutic-phlebotom... just kidding. :D
- ChuckNorris89 3y agoFood in the foodchain for some animals.
- bcbrown 3y agoLife doesn't have a purpose, it just lives.
- 11235813213455 3y agoalmost always it serves as purpose for other species, here many insects and small fish feed on mosquito larvae
- pvaldes 3y agoEntire ecosystems are regulated by or around them. Hugely influential life beings. They filter and clean huge amounts of freshwater. Males pollinate plants. They are responsible of massive energy interchanges between vertebrates and invertebrates in all directions and nodes of the trophic chains. Thousands of species of animals depend on them directly or indirectly.
- objektif 3y agoOne catch they also kill more than half a million people every year. A small price to pay you say? I say burn all of mosquitos every single one to ashes.
- pvaldes 3y ago> I say burn all of mosquitos every single one to ashes. Mao tried exactly the same. It didn't ended exactly according to plan. But please, don't let your ignorance about biological ecosystems to stop you and try it. I need the laughs.
- objektif 3y agoMao did not try the exact same thing lets stop with the BS first of all. Last I checked China is doing fine. I was obviously exaggerating when I said all but I honestly think that all diseases carrying mosquito types should be completely eradicated. This is not a laughing matter imo and not a time to act like a psychopath. Mosquito borne disease situation is dire in a lot of Asian and African countries. May be if you lose loved one your idea will change.
- pvaldes 3y ago> Mao did not tried the exact same thing, lets stop with the BS first of all https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_campaign And between 15 and 55 million of people died by his "I'm smarter than science" arrogance
- the_third_wave 3y agoThe same purpose as the grain of sand on the beach under the one on top of it, on top of the one below it. The grain is where it is after it found a solid foundation for it to rest on. The grain on top of it in turn rests on the ones below, and so forth - it is grains of sand all the way down and up.