Have you seen the footage of scientists feeding them from their own arms? Nooope, not for all the tea in China.
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nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 days ago
Ugh. I hope that there being a use for the little bastards now doesn’t make people breed them on purpose.
Deebster@infosec.pub 2 days ago
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 1 day ago
If it makes you feel better, the people who stick their arms in aren’t allergic to mosquito bites. Doesn’t bother them to get bit beyond the feeling of being bit.
I mean I guess it could happen that they are just masochistic, but typically not.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
I hope not. Around here, you just step outside and there will be a dozen swarming around you.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I did not have GMO mosquitos with a more effective proboscis escaping into the wild on my bingo card
bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Imagine looking down and there’s a mosquito printing a fucking benchy on your forearm.
Nighed@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Even splatted on the back of it?