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Demonstrating my point - people erroneously line up to defend them. The species that carry disease actually do not have an important role in the food chain. Th
by mullingitover 3y ago
Demonstrating my point - people erroneously line up to defend them.
The species that carry disease actually do not have an important role in the food chain. They are not at all a keystone species. In most of the places where they cause widespread misery and death they're not even a native species, they're invasive.
- titzer 3y agoIt's not that they carry diseases, though that's not great for species that get those diseases, it's that this particular species of mosquito (Aedes aegypti) is really just a pest we bring with us. They aren't native to most places and pretty much follow us around and prey on us, piggy backing on the most invasive species of all.