resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoMosquitoes can become attracted to insect repellant, study suggestswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
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minus-squareInfrapink@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 days agoHere is the original paper. Mosquitoes are not evolving attraction to mosquito repellant. The mosquitoes described in the article were bred in a lab to see if it could happen.
minus-squarebluegreenpurplepink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·7 days agoFuck their fucking mosquito gain of function research bullshit! They should be sentenced to exsanguination for their crimes.
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoYeah, why in God’s name was that a good idea? Wouldn’t it be cool if on of the most lethal killers and disease vectors was absolutely invincible and could not be stopped? Why not give them acid saliva and razor feet while we’re at it?
Here is the original paper.
Mosquitoes are not evolving attraction to mosquito repellant. The mosquitoes described in the article were bred in a lab to see if it could happen.
Fuck their fucking mosquito gain of function research bullshit!
They should be sentenced to exsanguination for their crimes.
Yeah, why in God’s name was that a good idea?
Wouldn’t it be cool if on of the most lethal killers and disease vectors was absolutely invincible and could not be stopped?
Why not give them acid saliva and razor feet while we’re at it?