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I read once that ironically one of the most important ecological niches for mosquitos is that they keep humans out of a bunch of places that allow those habitats to be preserved. It’s their annoyance and medical danger to people that makes them so valuable to the ecosystem.

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54 points

Cool well we can put up some do not trespass signs

KILL ALL MOSQUITOS

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31 points

It doesn’t matter how many “no trespassing” signs we put up because mosquitos can’t read

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Yeah… signs don’t really work on all humans.

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Neither do mosquitoes though

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1 point

5 blokes with big guns

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19 points

Shit, as a Floridian, you may have just convinced me we should let them live. We already have too many people moving here.

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5 points

No takesy-backies!

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8 points

Smartest argument that I’ve heard for their existence!

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11 points

That, and their larvae clean freshwater we wouldn’t ever think about cleaning, so there’s that too.

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24 points

Thanks for the rainforests, mosquitos.

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