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minus-squareTRAHR@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoAlso humans kill far more humans than sharks do, yet we feel safer around humans than in the ocean with a shark.
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoWell, if we’re ranking species by humans killed, Mosquitos are the Apex Predator of the earth.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoYeah but humans do it on purpose a lot of the time. Plus I’m not really sure that being a disease carrier makes you an apex predator. Oh actually, how many people die from all human to human transmitted illnesses per year?
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·14 days agoIf a venomous snake bites you and then you die then the snake is what killed you. Mosquitos eat people, man.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoA venomous snake produces venom, a mosquito is just a host for the virus. It gets nothing from killing you. Arguably it’s failed if it kills you as you’re no longer producing blood for it.
minus-squareVandals_handle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoMosquitos are a vector for pathogens such as parasites or diseases. The parasites or diseases do the killing, not the mosquitos. Edit: pluralize
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·13 days agoBeing afflicted with venom is also a disease. Disease is a very broad word. Viruses are also not alive.
Also humans kill far more humans than sharks do, yet we feel safer around humans than in the ocean with a shark.
Well, if we’re ranking species by humans killed, Mosquitos are the Apex Predator of the earth.
Yeah but humans do it on purpose a lot of the time.
Plus I’m not really sure that being a disease carrier makes you an apex predator.
Oh actually, how many people die from all human to human transmitted illnesses per year?
If a venomous snake bites you and then you die then the snake is what killed you. Mosquitos eat people, man.
A venomous snake produces venom, a mosquito is just a host for the virus. It gets nothing from killing you. Arguably it’s failed if it kills you as you’re no longer producing blood for it.
Mosquitos are a vector for pathogens such as parasites or diseases. The parasites or diseases do the killing, not the mosquitos.
Edit: pluralize
Being afflicted with venom is also a disease. Disease is a very broad word. Viruses are also not alive.