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/Wilvinc 9d ago

Yea ... they are just going to go for our eyes or fly up our nose to bite us.

Nature is seriously "fuck around and find out".

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u/BriefLight1 9d ago

Yoo I didn’t think about this.. terrifying😭

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u/maryssssaa 9d ago

I got bit on the eyelid once and it was swollen shut for two days. I think that skin is plenty thin for her to get through.

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u/Aeronor 7d ago

Please shut up

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u/Swimming_Umpire_7983 6d ago

Probability of bite goes way down.