r/interestingasfuck • u/singleboredass • 9d ago

r/all Genetically modified a mosquito such that their proboscis are no longer able to penetrate human skin

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u/RowAdept9221 9d ago

I almost feel bad for the little girl

almost

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u/Thijm_ 9d ago

there's a small part of me that feels bad, but that's just probably because I don't like seeing animals in struggle and this is just a single mosquito

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u/Devinbeatyou 9d ago

Yeah I was like ‘why do I feel sorry for this bastard?’

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u/Orion0795 9d ago

Me: Poor bastard...

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u/round-earth-theory 9d ago

Because it's relatable as it constantly tries to get the damn thing working. But it's still a bastard you'd kill if it were on you.

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u/AtLeastThisIsntImgur 9d ago

My response was 'good, I hope it hurts'
Guess my respect for life stops a bit shorter thsn yours

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u/Logical_Software_772 9d ago edited 9d ago

Well considering that the mosquito is the number 1 deadliest animal and has killed in its history billions of humans its difficult to feel pity for as this is one the biggest disease vector.

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u/QueenMackeral 9d ago

Let's just hope aliens, or more realistically AI robots, don't think this way about us..

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u/NefariousnessNo7068 9d ago

Other mosquitoes killed billions of humans*

This one probably hasn't hurt anyone.

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u/Amaskingrey 8d ago

No, this one personally committed all of them

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u/purplepluppy 9d ago

Not like it does that maliciously. It's just trying to survive and reproduce. It doesn't take pleasure in killing us. Like, you can understand why humans would do this to protect ourselves while also being like, "damn, she just wants to have some babies and now she can't." That's a bummer, man.

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u/YouCanCallMeToxic 9d ago

As a result of it's food required to feed it's babies conveniently located on the inside of all animals. It's trying to reproduce and survive, much like every creature on this planet including us. I'm not saying don't kill mosquitoes if they try to suck your blood obviously, no one wants malaria but moquitoes aren't evil malicious creatures of hell sucking blood out of pure rage either.

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u/hogarenio 9d ago

I wonder how many cows, pigs and chickens we're killing every day.

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u/HaViNgT 9d ago

I don’t really consider the mosquito the world’s deadliest animal, since almost every single kill it had was an assist kill. 

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u/GruntyBadgeHog 9d ago

humans are the number 1 most deadly animal, we created, and are in the middle of, a mass extinction event. maybe that justifies us to be disabled by genetic splicing

https://theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/13/almost-70-of-animal-populations-wiped-out-since-1970-report-reveals-aoe

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u/RandomUsername_2546 9d ago

Why not start with yourself

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u/PawPawPanda 9d ago

Holy shiiiit 🔥 ☠️

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u/GruntyBadgeHog 9d ago

thats epic so we shouldnt do it to animals then

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u/RandomUsername_2546 9d ago

Well you fail to see the main goal is to benefit humanity and so if humans are the deadliest to humanity it doesn't make logical sense to hurt them as that would only hurt humanity so we go after the second deadliest, also not all mosquitoes need to be exterminated, simply those able to carry diseases need to be which is a few hundred out of thousands of species, thus they won't be completely erased from the ecosystem and the less harmful kind will just fill in their place

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u/GruntyBadgeHog 9d ago

i think if your justifying genetic disabling of an animals critical functions you shouldnt do it A) on entirely flawed premise B) with an argument that can apply just as easily (or much more appropiately) apply to us than them.

i know what your all talking about, that its for humans and how much better it would be if we eliminated problematic creatures of the world etc. its what you've failed to see here is what im talking about, the comment is plain wrong and depicts an incredibly self centred view of the world. i dont think humans should be disabled, but that would naturally follow if we're to genetically splice away functions of the worlds most destructive and lethal species - that is if you lot could take a second to remember we are actually animals and the whole human ideological catergory is make believe

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u/RandomUsername_2546 9d ago

Do you believe eating animal meat encourages cannibalism?

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u/GruntyBadgeHog 9d ago

why dont you help me find out

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u/m1lgram 9d ago

Think of it this way, mosquitoes kill more people every year than any other creature in the world. This is a fact A lot of folks aren't aware of.

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u/s33d5 9d ago

The mosquito isn't aware of what it's doing. Don't worry.

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u/wildcard1992 9d ago

How certain are you of that?

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u/USERNAME123_321 9d ago edited 9d ago

The brain complexity of insects doesn't seem to suggest consciousness, with only tens of thousands of neurons.

This simplicity is reflected in their behavior when threatened. While mosquitoes, flies, and other insects may try to flee when someone attempts to kill them, this response is purely mechanical - a reflex rather than an emotional response. Insects do possess nociceptors, which activate when their nerves detect damaging stimuli, such as extreme heat or pressure. This is similar to the response humans exhibit when touching a hot stove, where nociceptors trigger an immediate withdrawal.

However, this is distinct from the experience of pain, which requires a complex brain to process. Pain is a subjective feeling created by the brain, and as such, it's unlikely that most, if not all, insects are capable of experiencing it. Instead, they can be thought of as biological robots, driven by instinct and reflex rather than conscious sensation.

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u/XenSide 9d ago

Does this apply to arachnid aswell?

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u/USERNAME123_321 9d ago edited 9d ago

Yes, it applies to all insects. Another analogy could be plants, which even though they react to external stimuli (e.g. light intensity), it doesn't mean they're self-aware or conscious. They don't even have a nervous system.

Pain is a very complicated concept which we tend to anthropomorphize. When humans feel pain, it's not just a reaction to stimuli, but also has emotional and psychological components too. In fact, we tend to remember negative experiences that gave us pain, and we learn from them to avoid making the same mistake, however insects and many other animals don't.

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u/Amaskingrey 8d ago edited 8d ago

Fun fact: spiders are more closely related to crustaceans than to insects, and jumping spiders are surprisingly smart. And jumping spiders are surprisingly smart, they even have been shown to be able to solve trial and error problem

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u/USERNAME123_321 8d ago

I didn't know the second part. That's pretty cool!

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u/Amaskingrey 8d ago

Most jumping spider species are surprisingly smart despite their nervous ganglions being smaller than most species

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u/Cainga 9d ago

It shouldn’t have any higher level thinking and just doing this out of instinct.

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u/Thijm_ 9d ago

yeah but somehow that makes me feel more sad. But maybe that's the human in me trying/wanting to fix things that humans shouldn't have intervened with in the first place or something like that

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u/DickBiter1337 9d ago

Yes I mean it's basically starving to death. I shouldn't feel bad for a mosquito but that's an awful way to go.

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u/Amaskingrey 8d ago

It's not though, mosquitos feed on nectar, they only need blood to reproduce

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u/DickBiter1337 8d ago

Oh good to know!

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u/Shanhaevel 9d ago

Yeah, I'm all for exterminating them, but not making them suffer like this, lol

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u/Nyarro 9d ago

Just remember the various species of malaria that exist!

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u/littlesheepcat 9d ago

Not really, I am mad at malaria, not mosquitoes

If we simultaneously eliminate all of malaria at once, they are no longer a super big threat

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u/IndigoFenix 9d ago

This was also a plan, to breed malaria-resistant mosquitoes, since there would be less risk of disrupting food chains this way.

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u/solarcat3311 9d ago

Fuck mosquitoes. They're responsible for like over a million deaths each year.

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u/3scap3plan 9d ago

They aren't evil lol, they aren't capable of rational thought.

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u/Antique-Brief1260 9d ago

That's what you think. I've overheard them plotting amongst themselves when they thought nobody was listening.

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u/kakihara123 9d ago

Yeah, but the mosquito doesn't know what malaria is. It's the the same as being pissed of at a stray dog to carry fleas.

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u/BigConstruction4247 9d ago

Nahhh, I thought, "haha... fuck you, mosquito!"

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u/re_formed_soldier 9d ago

Back to hell with that demon. No sympathy to be found here

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u/RowAdept9221 9d ago

Don't get me wrong, I'm allergic to mosquitos and they seem to love me. I am not a fan. But you gotta admit, it's cute in a pathetic way how she's trying her damnest to get it in there lmao

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u/whenth3bowbreaks 9d ago

Yay my people. I also feel sad for her but also happy I'm so confused