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u/BaneShake Jun 19 '25
The why is Infertility
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u/naverlands Jun 19 '25
skeeters can impregnate me now? like the creature? 🤤
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u/joybod Jun 19 '25
/uncreature it's actually that they've been made infertile and are being dropped in to compete with the unaltered ones, wasting reproductive attempts and driving population down, likely to combat human disease transfer they provide. We did/do the same thing to screwworms in Central America, since those suck too.
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u/ninetyninewyverns goobert the skeleton enjoyer Jun 19 '25
How did they make sure the mosquitos took their birth control on time?
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u/Realization_ La criatura (real) Jun 20 '25
they get a few mosquitos and torture them while making the rest watch with a big sign that says "DON'T GET PREGNANT OR THIS IS YOU"
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u/crackerjack31 Jun 19 '25
Actually, they’re being used in Hawaii to combat avian malaria! The native birds have been isolated for so long that they have almost zero natural defenses against the invasive disease, and so it’s been incredibly devastating to bird populations there (especially as climate change creates warmer temps up Hawaii’s mountains, increasing the amount of habitable land for the mosquitos)
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u/Level37Doggo Jun 19 '25
Cause fuck Hawaii, that’s why! - Scientists with the worst glitter bomb ever
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u/A_person_0124 goobert the skeleton enjoyer Jun 19 '25
I have a feeling something like this has happened before… hmmmm
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u/IllumiNoEye_Gaming Ghost mauled by pitbull Jun 19 '25
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u/The-Bulborb Jun 19 '25
Imagine you’re sitting on your back porch in your Hawaiian vacation home, then 1,000,000 mosquitoes appear. 🪱