Genetic Modified Mosquitos....

[SeerOfSS]

Genetic modified mosquitos to be releases in Florida and maybe Taxes too.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/19/health/gmo-mosquitoes-approved-florida-scn-wellness/index.html#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s

 

[Ol argedco luciftias]

They are only releasing male mosquitos. They do not ever bite anybody. They are those giant looking ones that just sit in the corner of the wall and don't bother anybody. It is the females that are small and bite everyone, not the males.


They changed the DNA of these male mosquitos so that they are infertile. The larva that they make is not able to hatch. I heard from some source that they also made these very sexy and attractive so the females will all want to mate with them. But then the eggs never hatch, or the larva die inside of the eggs. Something like that.


This is a good thing. It should decrease the mosquito population by enormous amounts, because their next generation will not hatch. Only problem might be if other species depend on eating mosquito larvas and not having the food anymore. Maybe some kind of frogs and fish.

 

[darkmonkey666]

They changed the DNA of these male mosquitos so that they are infertile. The larva that they make is not able to hatch. I heard from some source that they also made these very sexy and attractive so the females will all want to mate with them. But then the eggs never hatch, or the larva die inside of the eggs. Something like that.

It's even niftier than that actually. The male offspring grows into adults that keep the modified gene and can therefore spread it, while the female offspring dies during the larval stage before it can do any harm. This means the defective gene can spread even further and gradually the amount of females (and males capable of having female offspring) will drop so low that this mosquito species may even go extinct.

I hate parasites so much, so seeing such a clever kind of genocide put into practice makes me very happy.

I agree with you I dont think this is negative. It is a pain in the ass to go to some places in the summer time with so many mosquitoes and not fun at all.

 

[SeerOfSS]

Mm...
I my self do not like parasites however with a decrease of one thing will effect the next thing.

Dragonfly's also eat them especially before they grow there own wings.

Bat's was also another that controlled them along with other insects. However do to all the control and destroying of other things its becoming more a domino effect.

Spending massive amounts on things that nature could control changes and unbalances things.
What I mean by that is the examples of bees how spraying will kill many of them off.

Anyways will see the effect later on rather good or not.