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[–] Bencodec@waveform.social 132 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I read once that ironically one of the most important ecological niches for mosquitos is that they keep humans out of a bunch of places that allow those habitats to be preserved. It’s their annoyance and medical danger to people that makes them so valuable to the ecosystem.

[–] ForgetReddit@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cool well we can put up some do not trespass signs

KILL ALL MOSQUITOS

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago

It doesn’t matter how many “no trespassing” signs we put up because mosquitos can’t read

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah… signs don’t really work on all humans.

[–] Gellis12@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

5 blokes with big guns

[–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the rainforests, mosquitos.

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shit, as a Floridian, you may have just convinced me we should let them live. We already have too many people moving here.

[–] Purplexingg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

No takesy-backies!

[–] ProfezzorDarke@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

That, and their larvae clean freshwater we wouldn't ever think about cleaning, so there's that too.

[–] LeadSoldier@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Smartest argument that I've heard for their existence!