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Now do spiders.
by speed_spread 2y ago
Now do spiders.
- johnisgood 2y agoAnd ticks.
- cinntaile 2y agoThat's not quite the same. Ticks can spread bacteria, viruses and pathogens. Venom consists of proteins. I assume this impacts development. Tick vaccines for different diseases such as lyme disease are in development though. For TBE they already exist.
- johnisgood 2y agoAnything that effectively deters or kills them without being dangerous to humans would work for me (and is convenient enough).
- clathratevnp 2y agoGene drive perhaps?
- johnisgood 2y agoCan you elaborate on that? Thanks!
- jfengel 2y agoSpider bites are far less deadly. Worldwide, yearly deaths from spider bites number in the dozens, not tens of thousands. Spiders target small prey and it's hard for their venom to kill something as big as a person. It's certainly unpleasant and can cause significant damage even when it doesn't kill, but snakes are responsible for far more deaths.
- lupusreal 2y agoScorpions would be a much better candidate than spiders. They kill fewer people globally than snakes, but still thousands a year.