CryptidBestiary@lemmy.world to Memes · 1 year agoAll pollinators are important but...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1567arrow-down120
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minus-squareAlto@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 year agoProbably because of just how much death they directly cause
minus-squareuphillbothways@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down25·edit-21 year agoMosquitoes don’t directly cause death, though. They are susceptible to diseases. They pass those diseases on. Those diseases cause death. Bees cause more direct deaths due to anaphylactic shock from allergies to apitoxin. Mosquitoes just catch all the blame.
minus-squareEveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoClose enough, I’d say.
Probably because of just how much death they directly cause
Mosquitoes don’t directly cause death, though.
They are susceptible to diseases. They pass those diseases on. Those diseases cause death.
Bees cause more direct deaths due to anaphylactic shock from allergies to apitoxin.
Mosquitoes just catch all the blame.
Close enough, I’d say.