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It seems that it shortens their lives, so it's not healthy for them.
by smt88 3y ago
It seems that it shortens their lives, so it's not healthy for them.
- gehwartzen 3y agolong life riddled with parasites or somewhat shorter life sans parasites. I feel like they would be cool with it
- smt88 3y agoMosquitoes aren't affected by dengue. It's a human disease. Even if they were affected by it, they don't feel pain or have emotions, so they'd "choose" to live longer.
- lisper 3y agoThey would choose to live longer in the same sense that water chooses to flow downhill.
- Smoosh 3y ago> they don't feel pain Really? > We found “strong evidence” for pain experiences in adults of two orders, Diptera (flies and mosquitoes) and Blattodea (cockroaches and termites). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0065280622000170 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00652...
- smt88 3y agoReacting to harm is not the same as suffering. As far as we know, suffering requires nerves and cognition that mosquitoes don't have (not even close).
- deadbeeves 3y agoInsects have nervous systems. Nearly all animals do.
- arapacana 3y agoyes, as far as you know from your 1-sample subjective experience of being a human being, that other beings with nervous systems don't suffer.
- henearkr 3y agoAh you're right. Somehow I had in my head that it was the contrary. Probably because [I also thought that] W. increases their reproductive fitness (but yeah shortens their lifespan). And even the reproductive fitness thing, it seems I've hallucinated it after all...
- miked85 3y agoHealthy for everything else though
- tumsfestival 3y agoFine with me, they can be as unhealthy as possible for all I care. Little bastards deserve the worst in life.