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So you’re saying if we just switch our diet to mosquitos we’ll all be fine?
by mattmaroon 1y ago
So you’re saying if we just switch our diet to mosquitos we’ll all be fine?
- dsr_ 1y agoNo, but in 100-300 generations your descendants will be.
- al_borland 1y agoWhy would that be the case? Plenty of people have kids before getting cancer. How is it going to go away when it isn’t preventing reproduction?
- deadbabe 1y agoIf a person’s family has a history of cancer, do not reproduce with that person. Similarly, if your family has history of cancer, do not reproduce.
- al_borland 1y agoThat’s never going to happen at a population level, short of government backed eugenics.
- midnitewarrior 1y agoIt's a common misconception that bats eat mosquitoes. It comes from a study where bats were trapped in a chamber filled with mosquitoes to see how many they could eat. A comparable experiment would be putting a human in a cage filled with bread crumbs to see how many the human eats. In our natural habitat, we eat slices of bread and other food. We don't waste the time and energy of consuming bread crumbs unless given no alternative. Yes, bats can eat mosquitoes, but why bother when there are much larger, nutritious insects to catch with the same effort?