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11 Oct 2019, 1:53 am

yeh, the undesirable bugs are just too mean to die without major planning.



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21 Oct 2019, 11:22 am

There was a Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin is complaining about mosquitoes to Hobbes. Calvin says how he hates the high-pitched sound they make, the dizzying way they fly around you in circles, and everything about them is annoying. And then Hobbes replies, "Said the loud, whiny, hyperactive child." In the next panel it shows Hobbes being chased by an enraged Calvin. :lol:



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21 Oct 2019, 2:13 pm

Mosquitoes need to be killed off by genetically modified sterile male mosquitoes bred and released on a large scale.



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21 Oct 2019, 2:17 pm

auntblabby wrote:
i useta like the white-trash entertainment of sitting securely behind a screen door on a summer night, watching the bugzapper take care of the damned little exsanguinators.
Lotsa upper-crust types also enjoy a good zap...


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21 Oct 2019, 8:25 pm

jimmy m wrote:
Mosquitoes suck, both literally and figuratively. No other animal on Earth is responsible for more human deaths than the lowly mosquito.


I did my bit.
In a previous life, I was a frog.
I didn't hate them,
I ate them. :mrgreen:

An interesting fact you dug up.
I had no idea.



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21 Oct 2019, 8:33 pm

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They're one of my worst sensory and misophonia triggers. I can melt down instantly if they buzz near me.

Light sensitivity.
Sound sensitivity.
Any more sensitivities we should know about?
I hope I am not being insensitive here. :mrgreen:



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22 Oct 2019, 5:46 am

Noca wrote:
Mosquitoes need to be killed off by genetically modified sterile male mosquitoes bred and released on a large scale.
How would breeding a nonreproducing mosquito help instead of making the problem worse by releasing more mosquitoes in the wild :?:


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23 Oct 2019, 2:24 am

nick007 wrote:
Noca wrote:
Mosquitoes need to be killed off by genetically modified sterile male mosquitoes bred and released on a large scale.
How would breeding a nonreproducing mosquito help instead of making the problem worse by releasing more mosquitoes in the wild :?:


Fewer baby mossies. :wink:



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23 Oct 2019, 3:40 am

:x

Pepe wrote:
nick007 wrote:
Noca wrote:
Mosquitoes need to be killed off by genetically modified sterile male mosquitoes bred and released on a large scale.
How would breeding a nonreproducing mosquito help instead of making the problem worse by releasing more mosquitoes in the wild :?:


Fewer baby mossies. :wink:
The bred nonreproducing mosquitoes won't be able to reproduce but the millions of 1s already in the wild still will.


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23 Oct 2019, 3:47 am

nick007 wrote:
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Pepe wrote:
nick007 wrote:
Noca wrote:
Mosquitoes need to be killed off by genetically modified sterile male mosquitoes bred and released on a large scale.
How would breeding a nonreproducing mosquito help instead of making the problem worse by releasing more mosquitoes in the wild :?:


Fewer baby mossies. :wink:
The bred nonreproducing mosquitoes won't be able to reproduce but the millions of 1s already in the wild still will.


Mitigation. :wink: