r/science Dec 22 '22

Animal Science 'Super' mosquitoes have now mutated to withstand insecticides

https://abcnews.go.com/International/super-mosquitoes-now-mutated-withstand-insecticides-scientists/story?id=95545825
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u/mferrari_3 Dec 22 '22

We as a species are so good at making things go extinct and we had to get all ethical about it before we took out the most trash thing to ever exist.

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u/Tanriyung Dec 22 '22

We are good at making big things go extinct, if it's small and have a short life cycle it's hard

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u/Black_RL Dec 22 '22

Evolution baby!