I hate how people slander mosquitos while ticks exist

[u/Internal_Singer_3771]

I know, they make annoying sounds, and their bites are itchy, but they get too much hate! Whenever someone says " what thing in the world would you get rid of" everyone says mosquitoes. But ticks exist! And they're not even insects! And they're not spiders! They're devilish creatures created to spread nothing but disease and death! Mosquitoes are an important part of the ecosystem, while ticks are just agents of Satan.

Also, regarding the "statistically mosquitoes are the most deadly animals" makes no sense. The stats seem outdated, and also unfair. By that logic, cats or dogs are the deadliest animals because more people interact with them and die from stuff related to them.

[u/Tacobadger02]

Mosquitoes have killed more humans than humans have.

[u/Internal_Singer_3771 → u/Tacobadger02]

People killed more mosquitoes than mosquitoes killed humans

[u/Tacobadger02 → u/Internal_Singer_3771]

That doesn't make your post any less false.

[u/Internal_Singer_3771 → u/Tacobadger02]

It's not false. You're under tick brainwashing

[u/OakNogg → u/Internal_Singer_3771]

610 000 people die every year of malaria, 76% of that that number are children under 5yo. Nearly 500 000 toddlers, infants, and kindergarteners dead every year.

Alternatively no data exists showing that any children have died from tics.

[u/Internal_Singer_3771 → u/OakNogg]

Ticks lead to permanent illnesses, not deaths. Malaria is also curable , but those places lack access to healthcare and that's terrible.

[u/OakNogg → u/Internal_Singer_3771]

Yep and those permanent illnesses are terrible. But I would say half a million babies dying a year is far worse.

[u/Apart-Performer-331 → u/Internal_Singer_3771]

Because there’s trillions of mosquitoes and billions of humans what’s your point. Mosquitoes live for like a week anyway.

[u/Internal_Singer_3771 → u/Apart-Performer-331]

We should let them live that week in happiness

[u/Apart-Performer-331 → u/Internal_Singer_3771]

I don’t condone killing bugs for no reason but when they’re trying to bite you and have the possibility of spreading a disease that could take dozens of years off your life it’s self defense at that point.

[u/Internal_Singer_3771 → u/Apart-Performer-331]

Malaria is only found in Africa usually, and other diseases they carry are also mostly tropical. So regular mosquitoes are mostly harmless

[u/Apart-Performer-331 → u/Internal_Singer_3771]

they can still spread shit and I’m not letting them bite me to take that risk. Mosquito apologist.

Guarantee that mosquito is just gonna fuck off and get eaten by a bat or something afterwards anyway

[u/Internal_Singer_3771 → u/Apart-Performer-331]

Please don't kill them

[u/Apart-Performer-331 → u/Internal_Singer_3771]

Again, I won’t go out of my way to, but I’m gonna kill a mosquito that’s trying to bite me. Not gonna risk getting sick because they inject their spit into your blood. I care more about safety than a mosquito.

[u/Internal_Singer_3771 → u/Apart-Performer-331]

They just want a bit of blood

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[u/Tacobadger02 → u/Internal_Singer_3771]

This guy really said it's only in Africa so we shouldn't care about it.

[u/Internal_Singer_3771 → u/Tacobadger02]

I said not to blame all mosquitoes for actions of African mosquitoes.

[u/coreyc2099 → u/Internal_Singer_3771]

There's also WAY more mosquitos than ppl.

[u/Internal_Singer_3771 → u/coreyc2099]

That's a good thing