• Just_A_Human
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      1 year ago

      As much as I hate mosquitoes, I must admit that without them, entire ecological systems would collapse…

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        1 year ago

        Are we sure about that though? There are a lot of other small insects that fill the same niche without biting humans (including other mosquito species).

        I remember people used to complain, “what about the bats?” until we found that mosquitos make up at most 2% of a bat’s diet.