So Florida releases millions of biotech male mosquitoes, with engineered DNA which when they mate with the bloody female species, the female offspring don't survive. And the genes go for generations.

Technically, over time, there will be no female mosquitos, and everyone else goes back to Eden-format: eating plants and leaving human beings alone.

This ingenuity arises from the observation that insecticides no longer work on these crazy creatures.

I hope this government reads science news apart from political and bovine (cow) matters.

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ashybabs:

So Florida releases millions of biotech male mosquitoes, with engineered DNA which when they mate with the bloody female species, the female offspring don't survive. And the genes go for generations.

Technically, over time, there will be no female mosquitos, and everyone else goes back to Eden-format: eating plants and leaving human beings alone.

This ingenuity arises from the observation that insecticides no longer work on these crazy creatures.

I hope this government reads science news apart from political and bovine (cow) matters.

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Who are the everyone else? if there are no females, how will reproduction occur?

Wow!

Nothing to discuss here, the females are vampires.

EmptyGarden:
Nothing to discuss here, the females are vampires.

. Buh buh the future is

Do we really have scientist in this country? I am just asking

No wonder...... it's in them, na Dem Dem, in short, na their way. Shout out to those male mosquitoes that do real hustle but those female mosquitoes wey no gree us sleep for night, make I no just talk

If the experiment succeeds they should try it with humans also

Abeg make them send am come nigeria

This is 100% great...until the ecological implication is thoroughly assessed.

EVE ATE THE FRUIT AND POSSESSED IT.

ADAM USED A LONG SPOON TO JUST TASTE IT.

BECAUSE EVE IS EVIL.

BECAUSE EVE IS EVIL.


EVE IS CARNIVOROUS. ADAM IS JUST A VEGETARIAN.

The female mosquitos are the real Yahoo boys

As a zoologist, I can tell you why female mosquitoes collect blood, but males collect nectar.

Just before proceeding, you need to know that every mosquito (male or female) eats organic matter from water sources.

Now here's the thing:

Female mosquitoes lack iron, but to produce eggs, they need to consume iron.

The most reliable source of iron is our hemoglobin.

Now our hemoglobin does not have only iron, it also has proteins, lots of proteins (if you can make animal feed, you'd understand why blood meal is very expensive).

The female mosquitoes collect your blood so that their young can develop well in their eggs.

Since male mosquitoes do not produce eggs, they do not need iron, so they don't collect blood.

There you go.

What you intend to use this information for is completely your business.

Eradicating the female mosquitoes is a task that must be accomplished

Very educative

It's all fun when female mosquitoes are eradicated until evolution decides to play a fast one on humans by turning all mosquitoes into hermaphrodites.

Those manufacturing anti malarial drugs, how will they survive.

Say no to extinction of female mosquitoes.

Anything to eradicate female anopheles mosquitoes from planet earth is a very welcome development and good initiative.

The mosquitoes in my area are something else, disturbing 24/7

Male feeds on plants while female anopheles mosquitoes feed on blood (it is what it is)
@the mention of FEMALE... Some men have this high esteem hatred for Female... Not all female are bad probably some guys are so unfortunate meeting the wrong ones.

Elijahrona:
As a zoologist, I can tell you why female mosquitoes collect blood, but males collect nectar.

Just before proceeding, you need to know that every mosquito (male or female) eats organic matter from water sources.

Now here's the thing:

Female mosquitoes lack iron, but to produce eggs, they need to consume iron.

The most reliable source of iron is our hemoglobin.

Now our hemoglobin does not have only iron, it also has proteins, lots of proteins (if you can make animal feed, you'd understand why blood meal is very expensive).

The female mosquitoes collect your blood so that their young can develop well in their eggs.

Since male mosquitoes do not produce eggs, they do not need iron, so they don't collect blood.

There you go.

What you intend to use this information for is completely your business.

You no waste your school fees.

milky3:
Male feeds on plants while female anopheles mosquitoes feed on blood (it is what it is)
@the mention of FEMALE... Some men have this high esteem hatred for Female... Not all female are bad probably some guys are so unfortunate meeting the wrong ones.

Pls sound it loud to their ears

Hmmmm

Elijahrona:
As a zoologist, I can tell you why female mosquitoes collect blood, but males collect nectar.

Just before proceeding, you need to know that every mosquito (male or female) eats organic matter from water sources.

Now here's the thing:

Female mosquitoes lack iron, but to produce eggs, they need to consume iron.

The most reliable source of iron is our hemoglobin.

Now our hemoglobin does not have only iron, it also has proteins, lots of proteins (if you can make animal feed, you'd understand why blood meal is very expensive).

The female mosquitoes collect your blood so that their young can develop well in their eggs.

Since male mosquitoes do not produce eggs, they do not need iron, so they don't collect blood.

There you go.

What you intend to use this information for is completely your business.

Wow! This says it all! Thank you

Import 2 cartons of this male harvester, we need it in mushin isolo. Thank you .

For our biodiversity,we need mosquitoes oh. No one should think about eliminating them from the ecosystem

guiltless:



Wow! This says it all! Thank you

You're welcome

Commentor:


You no waste your school fees.

Lol

Thanks

Working as a public health grad in one health ministry really left me speechless.... The only thing our so called doctors, directors and scientists do is to sign files.... No lab nothing

ashybabs:

So Florida releases millions of biotech male mosquitoes, with engineered DNA which when they mate with the bloody female species, the female offspring don't survive. And the genes go for generations.

Technically, over time, there will be no female mosquitos, and everyone else goes back to Eden-format: eating plants and leaving human beings alone.

This ingenuity arises from the observation that insecticides no longer work on these crazy creatures.

I hope this government reads science news apart from political and bovine (cow) matters.

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I only hope it doesn't have any bad ecological effect.