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Mosquitoes 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
by smt88 3y ago
Mosquitoes 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.