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ROVER25X
June 10, 2022 at 6:22 pm
Have they not watched Mimic? BRUH………………….
Astrovation
June 10, 2022 at 10:09 pm
Lol
Record.Retake .Repeat
June 10, 2022 at 6:39 pm
What if these mosquitoes rapidly evolve and reproduce asexually? And if their population is reduced significantly, doesn’t it impact the predators that depend on them? Thus leading to disruption in the eco system?
Astrovation
June 10, 2022 at 10:08 pm
There aren’t any species that are dependent on mosquito’s, every single one of them have alternative food sources that will only grow if you get rid of mosquito’s.
Geoffrey W
June 10, 2022 at 6:43 pm
This might be new to you guys, but it’s NOWHERE CLOSE to new to me. The fact that my uncle isn’t in this video proves WIRED could only interview amateurs…
Astrovation
June 10, 2022 at 10:08 pm
Lmao you’re funny
Janet F
June 10, 2022 at 6:47 pm
I still remember actually clapping my hands when I first heard the news story of the launch in Brazil????
EyesFullOfWonder :O
June 10, 2022 at 6:51 pm
I know no animal completly depends on mosquitoes but removing a food source for an ecosytem already damaged seems like a bad idea.
NikDer529
June 10, 2022 at 6:53 pm
It is ingenious that these people are trying to resolve this problem that way, but we should ask ourselves whether messing with the genes of a species could bring more harm than good. What happens for example if the research in the lab is incomplete and the new species is too vulnerable and this eventually leads to a disruption in the ecosystem as “Record.Retake .Repeat” stated? I am still insure as to whether we should experiment on something we don’t fully understand in the face of nature. That aside, the video was great and enriching for me.
Astrovation
June 10, 2022 at 10:03 pm
You think that these people who’ve been doing biological sciences for many, many years now haven’t thought of that?
Melissa Sullivan
June 10, 2022 at 7:12 pm
I’m in research and this idea still freaks me out. I’d want to see the long term model about how the rest of the animal kingdom could be effected. Mosquito larvae is the food for many species, and I worry reducing the gene population would lead to more vulnerabilities for these animal species. ????
(That said, as a gardener I absolutely love fighting pests with pests vs chemicals. So, good job guys.)
Astrovation
June 10, 2022 at 10:08 pm
It’s a good food source, but they aren’t dependent, maybe some bugs will die because they weren’t able to find food where mosquito larva’s would’ve been, but at the same time just “removing” all mosquito’s leaves place for many other bugs to take their place, bugs that don’t kill 30% of the human population.
Neon Tetraploid
June 10, 2022 at 10:22 pm
They’re doing this to ONE non native species of mosquito. The ecosystem evolved without Aedes aegypti. It’ll be fine without them
Infinite Monkey
June 10, 2022 at 11:13 pm
@Neon Tetraploid Yea, but some creatures have adapted to them being here. I think it’s an awesome project but releasing a gmo can have unintended consequences. I guess we’ll see if it’s better than pesticides.
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June 11, 2022 at 1:04 am
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qam2024
June 10, 2022 at 7:13 pm
Use this on Ticks next. Mosquitoes at least needed for the ecosystem, ticks serve no useful purpose (there are no Oxpecker equivalent in the Americas) so please wipe them off the face of the earth.
Astrovation
June 10, 2022 at 10:06 pm
Mosquitoes aren’t needed for any ecosystems though.
F?СК МЕ. ТАР ОN MY РIC
June 10, 2022 at 7:56 pm
It is ingenious that these people are trying to resolve this problem that way, but we should ask ourselves whether messing with the genes of a species could bring more harm than good. What happens for example if the research in the lab is incomplete and the new species is too vulnerable and this eventually leads to a disruption in the ecosystem as “Record.Retake .Repeat” stated? I am still insure as to whether we should experiment on something we don’t fully understand in the face of nature. That aside, the video was great and enriching for me.
Mark Edis
June 10, 2022 at 8:17 pm
But can you get rid of the Scottish biting midge?
Nurse Jean
June 10, 2022 at 8:26 pm
This is just a bad idea all around
Astrovation
June 10, 2022 at 10:05 pm
How so?
Astrovation
June 10, 2022 at 10:47 pm
@Nurse Jean How do you expect those questions to be answered without testing (Although some/most can be answered with logical reasoning)
Nurse Jean
June 10, 2022 at 11:42 pm
@Astrovation Test away but keep it out of the environment and in a lab
Astrovation
June 10, 2022 at 11:46 pm
@Nurse Jean There have been many test in the lab already though
sueque 63
June 10, 2022 at 8:29 pm
Using the claim of a reducing one organism by offering a solution with a genetically modified organism? Yeah nothing could go wrong here ????
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Dave Lhamid
June 10, 2022 at 8:36 pm
I hate mosquitoes ????
Stefan Norman
June 10, 2022 at 8:39 pm
Do this everywhere on earth although it might lead to the extinction of mosquitoes lol
Astrovation
June 10, 2022 at 10:04 pm
That’s not something bad
Liam Schmeit
June 10, 2022 at 8:41 pm
Wow
Alexander Paul
June 10, 2022 at 8:45 pm
This doesn’t feel right
Astrovation
June 10, 2022 at 10:05 pm
It is.
DeeTheBomb
June 10, 2022 at 9:11 pm
I have those electric squatters in my car so whenever I see a group of bugs flying in an area i just run through it
TDeB
June 10, 2022 at 9:31 pm
“Butterfly effect.”
Enrique Isaacs
June 10, 2022 at 9:46 pm
thats just wrong bruv..
Astrovation
June 10, 2022 at 10:04 pm
no
Astrovation
June 10, 2022 at 10:18 pm
The possibilities are endless! The incredible amounts of (human) lives that could be saved, future diseases that can be prevented and the fact that no one is even dependent on mosquitoes means no one will miss them.
a cloud.
June 10, 2022 at 10:58 pm
i don’t think people realise that genetically modified organisms have been around for centuries.
Red Hadoken
June 10, 2022 at 11:32 pm
I hate mosquitoes
moonwater
June 10, 2022 at 11:38 pm
How the h@ll do people figure out all this science madness!!?? ????
Mary Rose Kent
June 11, 2022 at 1:25 am
Horrible, vocal fry…unwatchable!
Izzy May IS ready
June 11, 2022 at 3:23 am
Summary: Mosquito genocide thru genetic modification. Seems like we should try to engineer an additional advantage in the males, such as better flight ability or something else, so they are more attractive than the unmodified ones. That would give them a breeding advantage and raise the chance of the control effort’s success.
Julia Cora
June 11, 2022 at 3:23 am
I have those electric squatters in my car so whenever I see a group of bugs flying in an area i just run through it
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June 11, 2022 at 3:23 am
The possibilities are endless! The incredible amounts of (human) lives that could be saved, future diseases that can be prevented and the fact that no one is even dependent on mosquitoes means no one will miss them.
Hampus Brokmann
June 11, 2022 at 3:24 am
Wow they Lie so hard in this video ????
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June 11, 2022 at 3:26 am
I have those electric squatters in my car so whenever I see a group of bugs flying in an area i just run through it
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June 11, 2022 at 3:30 am
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vBucks Giveaway
June 11, 2022 at 3:33 am
I remember hearing that the Mosquito’s Digestive System actually breaks down the HIV/AIDS, which is why it doesn’t spread whenever they feed between people. Don’t know if that was true or not, but this reminded me of that.
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Phlegethon
June 11, 2022 at 3:56 am
Yes get rid of mosquitos asap it doesn’t matter the risks the risks of not doing it is bad
the game ranch
June 12, 2022 at 6:43 am
Bruh
Saiya
June 11, 2022 at 5:45 am
some dominion shiet
Equalizer
June 11, 2022 at 7:28 am
These are some of the dumbest most ignorant comments I’ve ever seen
Tiro Mandal
June 11, 2022 at 8:13 am
YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! Have heard about the Brazil experiment years ago, orgasmic to know that it turned out that great! 95% is crazy! I thought even 70% would be great! And the Florida ones would be even more advanced, now it’s only a matter of a lil wait until the whole world gets rid of those killers for good!
RDG
June 11, 2022 at 9:33 am
I’m thinking of mosquito burgers. Or at least entrap them and then use them as fertilizers.
Mercutio
June 11, 2022 at 10:01 am
An incredible effort coming to fruition. It’ll be very interesting to see the results going forward.
jin hyung
June 11, 2022 at 10:40 am
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sa tan
June 11, 2022 at 10:58 am
I hate mosquitoes!!
So i followed this experiment, when they were worried about the effects on the diet of the ecosystem
And really i dont care. I hate them.
I want to know if these genetically modified mosquitoes can somehow make it to South America if only released in florida?
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June 11, 2022 at 11:00 am
An incredible effort coming to fruition. It’ll be very interesting to see the results going forward.
beefy
June 11, 2022 at 11:40 am
Why just not wipe the mosquitoes
the game ranch
June 12, 2022 at 6:42 am
Because of something called “the ecosystem”
Ethan Roberts
June 11, 2022 at 12:14 pm
So the world ends by genetically modified bugs ????
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June 11, 2022 at 2:27 pm
Very interesting but in the end this is nature” natural” and modified is not , obviously , always a reprocution of toying with nature , we just cant see the effect of this yet
Josh neibarger
June 11, 2022 at 2:28 pm
I am not saying this isnt a brilliant idea but …
Gijs Weierink
June 11, 2022 at 3:46 pm
Uh oh
Ton Led
June 11, 2022 at 11:21 pm
im always wary when i hear the words “lab” and “release”…..i feel like this could be used for nefarious purposes…
Don Chan
June 12, 2022 at 2:22 am
we need this mutant mosquitoes in the philippines.. denque are real problems here..
Matt F
June 12, 2022 at 2:46 am
I find it very puzzling that we take no issue with possibly wiping out an entire species of mosquito over time, yet we often stop control of other pests because of its environmental effect on other species. Who decides which ones we decimate and which ones we save?
Cyruss Tanola
June 12, 2022 at 11:54 am
This is basically the plot of Jurassic World Dominion but with locusts
paddle hard
June 12, 2022 at 9:23 pm
There’s no way this will turn bad for humans in the end.
Black fungus
June 13, 2022 at 1:57 am
if all mosquitoes die doesnt it affect the ecosystem balance or something like that?
shurtak
June 13, 2022 at 9:28 pm
This has been used for some years already here in my city, I just don’t know the difference between the modified one and the normal one so I kill both
Torian Cromar
June 13, 2022 at 10:31 pm
Ingenious
zer0Bot
June 14, 2022 at 4:44 am
Isn’t true that the female mosquitos in Brazil didn’t entirely die and are now super mosquitos because the lab used strong ones in order to increase the breeding chances?
Marcelo Camargo
June 14, 2022 at 11:58 am
still not a good title guys. try other thumbnail
v4led
June 14, 2022 at 12:58 pm
We need a Wired autocomplete interview with Gaten Matarazzo and Joe Keery again!!!
Jessica Johnston
June 16, 2022 at 4:42 pm
But, mosquitoes feed other animals in the enviroment, like birds and fish. How will they replace that missing link if they kill mosquitoes?
Kat.
June 17, 2022 at 3:49 pm
They kill a specific species. They do not remove them all. But yes as always when people meddle with stuff, the outcome is very unclear and hopefully nature is clever and produces another insect food source that’s not quite this annoying to humans.
Line Ella
June 17, 2022 at 8:05 am
ive never been bitten by a mosquitoe. never & no one believes me. haha
Kat.
June 17, 2022 at 3:54 pm
So ……. has anyone checked yet if animals who consume these modified mosquitoes get any problems? Cause playing with the modification of animals in eco systems has very often led to very undesired outcomes that we than had to counter with even more investment. :’3 And we’re known to have kept making it worse.
I can only hope it’s one of those cases where sth. decent comes out of it. And no ugly side effects of then getting birds which do not have functional femals left etc.
To be fair I heard mosquitoes may actually be a result of humans being there and dveloping due to habitats we created. Not sure how far this is true, but all life impacts the world. (and such does that which is not life)
DuBaDuBeDu
June 17, 2022 at 4:51 pm
Fun fact: mosquitoes are the deadliest animal on earth. Well I mean humans are probably the deadliest animal but when referring to what animals kill the most people on earth its mosquitoes. Next in line is humans. We kill the 2nd most people on earth. Then it’s dogs. Stop fearing major predators (tigers, sharks, wolves, lions, bears etc) to extinction when they usually have no interest in killing us. Most of the time they try to avoid us, and will usually only fight us when they feel threatened, mistake u for a fish (sharks), or if they are protecting something (babies, territory etc).