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arrow-up1117arrow-down1external-linkMosquitoes are picky eaters. We studied 3 common South Florida species to learn why they like some people more than otherstheconversation.comJonawan@lemmy.zip to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·3 days agoI feel like Homo sapiens sapiens is not getting its due, here.
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·2 days ago“Mosquitoes kill around 760,000 to 1 million people each year, while humans kill roughly 400,000 to 600,000 other humans annually” https://www.isglobal.org/-/mosquito-el-animal-mas-letal-del-mundo
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoI’m not very proficient in Spanish, so I don’t see where those numbers come from, but they’re clearly incomplete. Traffic deaths alone were 1.34 million in 2023, and unless it was mosquitoes driving…
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoNot every traffic death is caused by another human.
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 days agoYeah but what if you count the killing of all species? Pretty sure that brings us into the billions.
minus-squareCousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoAgriculture alone already kills billions of farmed animals every year.
I feel like Homo sapiens sapiens is not getting its due, here.
“Mosquitoes kill around 760,000 to 1 million people each year, while humans kill roughly 400,000 to 600,000 other humans annually”
https://www.isglobal.org/-/mosquito-el-animal-mas-letal-del-mundo
I’m not very proficient in Spanish, so I don’t see where those numbers come from, but they’re clearly incomplete. Traffic deaths alone were 1.34 million in 2023, and unless it was mosquitoes driving…
Not every traffic death is caused by another human.
Yeah but what if you count the killing of all species? Pretty sure that brings us into the billions.
Agriculture alone already kills billions of farmed animals every year.