▲ 730 ▼ Malaria (fedia.io) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by jeena@jemmy.jeena.net to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 157 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLkbWUNQbgk&t=308s
[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I gotcha, I thought you were saying that bats would suffer if the mosquitoes were eliminated. Yes, anything we do to improve bat populations would be good for a variety of reasons. But I doubt that any one bat species would make a dent in the specific mosquitoes that act as vectors for disease. Plus, if you start introducing bat species to non-native habitats, you run the risk of repeating the mosquitofish catastrophe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I gotcha, I thought you were saying that bats would suffer if the mosquitoes were eliminated. Yes, anything we do to improve bat populations would be good for a variety of reasons. But I doubt that any one bat species would make a dent in the specific mosquitoes that act as vectors for disease. Plus, if you start introducing bat species to non-native habitats, you run the risk of repeating the mosquitofish catastrophe. permalink fedilink source parent