• then_three_more@lemmy.world
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      16 days ago

      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?

      • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
        01·
        16 days ago

        If a venomous snake bites you and then you die then the snake is what killed you. Mosquitos eat people, man.

        • then_three_more@lemmy.world
          1·
          16 days ago

          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.

    • Vandals_handle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      16 days ago

      Mosquitos are a vector for pathogens such as parasites or diseases. The parasites or diseases do the killing, not the mosquitos.

      Edit: pluralize

      • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
        01·
        16 days ago

        Being afflicted with venom is also a disease. Disease is a very broad word. Viruses are also not alive.