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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Time to unleash my bloodinator-inator!

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago
[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 60 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I wanna go camping with this shit so I can get revenge.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 38 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You still get bitten, I'd say it would be a bittersweet win.

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

It'd be a Pyrrhic victory, no question. Real "I'll break your fists with my face" energy.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Eventually bugs will adapt and learn not to bit those with ivermectin in their blood.

[–] New022521@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

But the Mosquitoes would still bite you although they died after the bite. 😅

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

You still try to kill them, but at least the ones you miss will end up dying anyways. If enough people do it, maybe mosquitos will evolve to avoid humans entirely lol

[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Worth it.

I was trying to find a screenshot of Vincent Vega saying (paraphrasing): “It would’ve been worth him doing it to catch the guy” and stumbled upon a nifty piece of trivia. Apparently Tarantino has confirmed that Butch is the guy who keyed his car! Kinda obvious in retrospect.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 days ago

until they adapt to it and become poison mosquito zombies

[–] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Drug turns human blood into poison.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago

I mean, isn't it?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

When mosquitoes drink blood that contains nitisinone, the drug also blocks this crucial HPPD enzyme in their bodies. This prevents the mosquitoes from properly digesting the blood, causing them to quickly die.

This is starving not poisoning.

[–] davad@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

If you look at the mechanisms of poisons, they all mess up some process in the animal or plant.

For example, Glyphosate is a very effective herbicide. It prevents plants from producing some amino aids. It "starves" the plant.

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This has the same vibe as "the bullet didn't kill them, it was the blood loss that got them"

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What if the mosquito can’t drink so it goes for a protein bar instead?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

a mosquito walks into a protein bar...

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

The bartender says "why the long nose?x

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

Sounds like both?

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Alice Cooper approved ✅✅✅

[–] Blade9732@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Could this be an effective way to treat ned bug infections? If it works fast enough, it should wipe out active bed bugs.

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

That’s some shit

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Doesnt killing mosquitoes cause a bunch of environmental problems? Thats what everyone says when you talk about genociding them.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope. There are a great many species of mosquitoes. The only one that bites humans is the female of one specific species. Those little fuckers have killed more humans than any other cause of death, second only to being killed by other humans.

There has been some fairly extensive studies and it has been conclusion that even if we extincted that specific species, it would not cause major ecological changes.

Currently the best way we have of eradicating them large scale is by genetically modifying and releasing huge numbers of them that are non-fertile. If this is able to specifically target that species and not kill others, it could be a more effective answer.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are many species which bite humans, but you are right that it's only the females which bite.

There are only a few species which don't bite at all and are fully just straight up pollinators, but most species do bite something. Some are specialized and mostly feed on birds while others mostly feed on amphibians and reptiles, but most will bite pretty much anything that breathes. There are even some species which specialize in biting fish.

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Wat? Why? Why fish bro.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Let's all agree to just take our chances

[–] dekomote@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I'm in, screw them

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago

Can we do this to, idk, horses and dogs or something? That way they get bit and kill all the mosquitoes instead of me getting bit?

I'll come out after they're all dead.

[–] noctivius@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

dies from overdose

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Release the hounds!

[–] nop@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Surely nothing could go wrong...

https://youtu.be/IYxvyT0MhUo#t=11s

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah. But a lot of animals rely on mosquitos for foods.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Correct, but this would only impact the species that bite humans.

Amazing resource here with a ton of info I did not know:

https://www.livescience.com/what-if-all-mosquitoes-died

To your point, yes:

"mosquitoes are a primary food source for numerous animals, including bats, birds, frogs, fish and dragonflies, it’s likely there would be at least some ecological impacts, at least in the short term. Dragonflies, for example, are often known as mosquito hawks, owing to their ability to eat as many as 100 mosquitoes in a single day. It’s likely they, as well as a host of other critters, would, at the very least, have to change their diets somewhat."

To the larger point:

"There are around 3,500 mosquito species, but 'only around 100 will potentially bite and spread disease to humans,'"

So we eliminate the 100 species that bite humans, that still leaves 3,400 species for the bats, birds, frogs, and dragonflies.

In fact, it may not even be necessary to completely elimimate the 100 species that bite humans, kill enough of the biters, and they may evolve into a species that just doesn't bite us.

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

kill enough of the biters, and they may evolve into a species that just doesn’t bite us.

Or they evolve into a species that still bites us but is unaffected by this drug. Bonus feature: the new species is also a prime carrier for Ebola, or something.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

when the us triples their efforts to increase global warming only rats, cockroaches, mosquitoes, the worst types of flies, and other pests will survive and anything that eats them will die off.

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I see you too sing hymns to papa Nurgle

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 16 hours ago

The eldritch guy from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy?