Harunasilo may be on  to something  to demand little caution when 
dealing with biological pest control but I do not think we should shed 
tears for those animals that prey on mosquitoes. After all they have 
done a woeful job in controlling the population Anopheles mosquitoes 
(the exclusive vector of the deadly Plasmodium parasite) . This is one 
case that humankind must let all those "other animals in the food chain" 
know that they are either with us or against us!

Please refer to this Economic Commission for  Africa report for whats at 
stake. 
http://www.uneca.org/eca_programmes/policy_analysis/publications/NationalCommitments_to_tackle_Malaria_In_Africa.pdf

Malanding
 




 
Haruna Darbo wrote:
> Thanx Kukeh for sharing. I have a few concerns with these idiots (the 
> knucklehead scientists). Once those concerns are adequately addressed, 
> I will support their expedition.
>  
> 1. The mosquito are prey for other animals in a food chain. Make sure 
> those predators will not develop a preferential appetite for the 
> non-malaria mosquitos thereby exploding the population of malarial 
> mosquitos to compound the problem.
>  
> 2. Please don't tell us the enormous funds spent on anti-malaria 
> insecticides now will just be shifted to the cost of deploying these 
> new-mosquitos.
>  
> 3. Why don't you just work on giving the malaria mosquito another 
> source of food or wean them off blood or even focus on the breeding 
> grounds of the mosquitos for mitigation of Malaria, the disease rather 
> than introduce a new toy mosquito into our friggin world. Make sure 
> you understand the values of the malaria mosquito in ecosystem 
> connectivities before you endanger ecosystem synergies. You could be 
> creating greater problems for mankind and other animals by fucking 
> with the qualitative partners of those ecosystems. Just because you 
> stumble upon a way to eliminate something doesn't mean you should 
> eliminate it you idiot. 
> Thanx again Kukeh for sharing.
> Haruna.
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> ** Malaria-proof mosquito engineered **
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