• mycodesucks@lemmy.world
    3·
    9 days ago

    Vibes of when some nature show was picking the best season and they spent half an hour talking about summer, fall, winter, and spring, and then in the end they picked monsoon season, which had not been mentioned even once the entire episode.

  • Jackcooper@lemmy.world
    2·
    8 days ago

    I was looking Stamets up just 2 days ago like where did this guy who is responsible for 10% of lemmy content go

  • huppakee@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    9 days ago

    They kill millions every year, as a species they are the no. 1 enemy in human history. But where I (and likely OP) grew up, they didn’t spread disease so it seems kind if stupid to call mosquitoes deadly animals.

    • burritosdontexist2@lemmy.world
      0·
      9 days ago

      how did you not grow up with an instinctual hatred of mosquitos? i know what it would do to ecology and shit and i would still wipe every last one off the planet

      • Barbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        8 days ago

        i know what it would do to ecology and shit and i would still wipe every last one off the planet

        So, a lot of people say this because it makes a lot of logical sense, I thought the same, but if you actually ask people who are qualified, a lot of them are fairly sure that other insects/etc would likely fill the niche. Obviously still theory, but mosquitoes are usually not a cornerstone and likely mostly replacable.

  • spacesatan@leminal.spaceEnglish
    1·
    8 days ago

    We’re driving so many species to extinction inadvertently through climate change. Why can’t we just do one more but intentionally, just, as a treat. Bats eat other bugs too, it’ll be fine.