Why haven't mosquitoes been eliminated?

[Superbeast]

Don't schools teach medical history these days? Here's a very brief version of events (I cannot remember the dates, it's some years since my class!)

The WHO (World Health Organisation, not the band) tried to wipe out Mosquitoes in order to eliminate Malaria in Africa. The only ways to do this were

1) widepsread use of pesticides. This was expensive, and over time the mosquitoes developed a resitance to the chemicals used.

2) Poisoning the breeding grounds. The issue here is Mosquitoes breed in wetlands. In a place such as Africa, covering all the water sources in oil is a very bad idea - that will kill off entire ecosystems, and not to mention humans too. Another reason this is a problem is that the mosquitoes can breed in small ammounts of water - such as roadside puddles, making it impossible to prevent there being any breeding sites whatsoever.

The WHO eventually gave up on trying to eradicate Mosquitoes, as it proved to be too expensive and too difficult to do.

That's why they haven't been eliminated, and other posters have already answered why they shouldn't.

 

[Socius]

Becouse they "reproduse" faster then we smack them!

 

[Jenny Creed]

Oh yes, to clarify, that picture is showing clouds of mosquitos hatching from the largest freshwater sea in the world. Very large clouds. >_>

 

[Danny Ocean]

I mean, they kill millions of people a year. They serve no purpose. They cause misery. I just don't see why scientists devise some method to eliminate them. If you have any ideas on how we could go about doing this, speak up.

Because there are Fucking Trillions of them!

 

[Archemetis]

Typicall argument, but in a different way, Mossies don't kill people! Rapp--people do!

 

[cuddly_tomato]

If you have any ideas on how we could go about doing this, speak up.

There is a sure way to do this though.

Kill all warm blooded animals on planet Earth. Dogs, sheep, crows, humans, badgers, armadilloes, the lot. The mosquitoes will no longer have any food and will perish!

 

[LCP]

Kill them allllll! I seriously want them all dead, they do more harm than good. Animals that don't adapt and eat something else deserve death

 

[Dioxide45]

Why haven't roaches been eliminated? They scare the fuck out of me.
Because the ecosystem is not a big truck. It is a series of tubes. You can't just fuck with it.

Hah! They were around before the dinosaurs. If you cut the head of a cockroach it will carry on for a day or two. Tough little bastards that will out-live humans.

Not a direct reply to what you said but if we end up irradiating the earth they wont be the only survivors, nor the most resistent to the radiation's effects.

 

[Dioxide45]

Kill them allllll! I seriously want them all dead, they do more harm than good. Animals that don't adapt and eat something else deserve death

(assuming you are not a vegetarian)

Cut meat out of all your meals, adapt to tofu, if you can't you deserve death.

 

[orifice]

Haven't you ever taken biology? They're vital for the ecosystem.

How so?

 

[orifice]

They are the pinnacle of evolution! It is a disturbing fact but it is true, evolution created the cockroach to be it's shining gem. It is a creature that, as a race, can survive periods where 95% of all other species are wiped from the face of the earth and has survived several of these periods, holding the title of the only species to ever survive more then one.

except for sharks, crocodiles, horeshoecrabs, spiders, and some others.
But apart from all those, the cockroach is the only species to survive more than one!!!!!
LOL!

 

[AdjectiveAnimal]

I can't say anything that hasn't already been said. You kill off the mosquitoes you kill off their predators and cause a butterfly effect. We should focus on curing the diseases instead of killing the mosquitoes.

God knows what will happen if you killed off mosquitoes. The bats will probably switch their primary food source to people.

That would be awesome.

 

[orifice]

So how many predators are completely or heavily dependant on them for food?

 

[Thaepheux]

Mosquitoes have been attacking me all night.. then I saw this thread and I lol'd.
Yes, destroy the mosquitoes before they wipe us all out.

 

[InsanityWave]

I dont know if you havent realised but if you remove US from the circle it only does good not bad mosquitoes in the end shouldnt be eliminated for being "Annoying" we should, but on the lighter side if you kill us where do the animals get their source of porn from ?

 

[jh322]

I think some guy had this idea but about something else...he got like millions of them gone but they stuck around...oh yeah that was it. Hitler...with Jews.

 

[Helnurath]

quote="ChristmasChild" post="18.84629.1211228"]I mean, they kill millions of people a year. They serve no purpose. They cause misery. I just don't see why scientists devise some method to eliminate them. If you have any ideas on how we could go about doing this, speak up.[/quote]

Population Control.

 

[Rolling Thunder]

quote="ChristmasChild" post="18.84629.1211228"]I mean, they kill millions of people a year. They serve no purpose. They cause misery. I just don't see why scientists devise some method to eliminate them. If you have any ideas on how we could go about doing this, speak up.

Population Control.[/quote]

And why do we need that?