Florida's Plan to Release GM Mosquitoes
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For anyone who has almost died from dengue or malaria, you will know that this mosquito genocide feels like a holy crusade.
Y e s but actually Y E S
And this time we won't kill the eagles with them.
They're targeting specific species that carry disease. They're not trying to eliminate all mosquitoes
Helps keep the population down tho, too many humanzees these days.
Deus Vult!
As a Brazilian who worked in the prevention of dengue and zika before, and a felow engineer, i can say that the results are promissing, maybe not as global solution, but as prevention in areas that are densily populated during the rainy seasons.
Why not on a global scale?
Couldn't individual regions make GM mosquitoes of their according species and release them? Would require individual effort by each region, but I bet there would be a lot of support from everywhere. Eventually couple years or decades mosquitoes would become extinct.
What's stopping that from happening?
@@esotericgrave3129 I would guess it's a financial and scale problem. In densely populated areas you spend a lot less per potential infected, considering better infrastructure, smaller area with more vulnerable people, logistics. These mosquitoes are literally on millions of square kilometres in multiple continents, in numbers reaching trillions as she said, it's impracticable to expect to eliminate all mosquitoes in forests for example.
To save people on very rural and isolated areas, I'd believe it's better to invest on cheaper, more effective and widespread treatments, or even vaccines.
@@esotericgrave3129 The scale is simply to large, Brazil is itself a gigantic country, with a really big portion covered in forests/jungle. The number of mosquitos in those areas are just insanely high, the cost per prevented infected is probably not worth it, with other types of projects being safer from an ecological view. Those mosquitos are now part of the ecosystem, they are also fed upon by animals like toads, wich are a HUGE part of the food chain.
@@joaoeduardoortega64 Agree with the points about cost. The ecological reasoning, however, is flawed; there is no organism that -SOLELY- relies on mosquitoes for sustenance. Furthermore, species in those food chains will survive once mosquitoes are eliminated.
@@Joe-- Not solely, but once those food sources turn scarce, they turn to others, wich will have more impact on the food chain, like ants, bugs and spiders.
"It's the one thing everyone can agree on, mosquitoes suck. " Would've been such a better line.
technically they poke then suck
then suck alot
Saitama?
“Mosquitoes cause the most human suffering than any other living organisms”
Humans: are you challenging me
Maybe this mosquitoes they made for killing people with have not idea what is going on behind those lab..
Well said!
It's not the mosquitos that need a culling....
Mosquitos have actually killed more humans than humans. The number deaths from every war combined pales in comparison to how many people have died from malaria.
@@ranDOm9431 Absolutely right in what you say about number of deaths, but is death the only way to suffer? 🤔
@@ranDOm9431 interesting thanks for the know how
I live in Buenos Aires and recently had Dengue; I really doesn't wish that disease to anyone, it's horrible... I understand that some people might be afraid of genetic editing, but it's also crucial that those people understand the possible benefits of this technologies and don't opose them just for bad publicity
That's because everyone knows that nature = good and new technologies = bad (except when it's about our own comfort for some reason)
@@Cerealae The naturalistic fallacy.
calling for reason, haha, good luck with that.
didn't work with plants, take a wild guess how it will go with animals.
people are dumb as fuck, democratic countries will oppose this as soon as people are aware.
Antoine This type of gene editing is 100% for not only the comfort of humanity, but also reducing mass suffering and death. It is unfortunate that people tend to be against this kind of technology unless they have experienced what it is trying to prevent themselves.
The only people scared are the same ones that advocate for anti masking and opening schools during the peak of covid...
I feel bad for all the people that had to be filmed while getting bitten by mosqiutos.
Some people don't have any allergic response (no itching or inflammation). Meanwhile, if I stuck my arm in one of those things I expect I'd need to be sedated to stop me scratching it down to the bone.
9:39 Just NOOO!
Actually it was super easy. Barely an inconvenience.
Volunteers
@@popeyegordon That's actually a job. People let themselves to be bitten by insects.
It is sad that GMO = bad for many people. Sadly, there are some "entities" out there that have abused the GMO thing to guaranty money coming in. That has not help at all, and has been used as a driver against GMO in general.
Agreed on both points. The regulation and enforcement regime in the USA has been absolutely awful. Meanwhile, the EU's system is designed not just to actively suppress biotechnological innovations, but to bully the developing world into refusing tech (e.g., golden rice) that could save millions of lives every year. The subtext to all this is that, while the arguments against GMO are usually scientific and humanitarian, the real core of opposition comes from personal revulsion bordering on religious fervor. While they argue for delays and "temporary" moratoriums until we get just a little more evidence than we currently have, when that evidence is collected it's never enough. They can't be persuaded, though, because their real objection comes from a pseudo-theology of primitivism and self-denial. This attitude isn't new or limited to the eco movement (in fact, historically it's nearly always been tied to religious fundamentalism) but it's particularly hard to handle because they are sprinkled through-out the much larger environmental movement and don't self-identify.
The quality of your videos are easily on par or above the more popular sci channels. Keep doing what your doing, these videos are a joy to watch
"Release devices" you mean buckets?
@@derronong9331 heck of from every heckling comment we don't need to be classy
That's why they make the big buck...ets.
No, the funky window funnel that makes it very unlikely that the mosquito will go into the car.
She’s a scientist 👩🏻🔬she got the license to call it whatever she wants 😉
The device is a little paper cup that fills with rain water or added water so the eggs can hatch, it is biodegradable and beats the heck out of spraying thousands of acres with pesticides.
I was so confused for a second - “field trails” not “failed trails” looool
Oooooh. That makes more sense.
I was thinking how does a 98% suppression considered failed????
@@esotericgrave3129 me too
@Folabi Ayonrinde me too
Trials not trails.
Humans have been genetically modifying animals and plants for thousands of years. The newest methods are just more precise and faster.
Exactly!
Genetic modification was the reason God flooded the earth to kill the abominations
@@debwoods5834 Sorry, but the evidence actually shows that the Earth never flooded. And even in the fairy tales I do not think in Noah's time there was much genetic work going on ha ha
@@TitoTimTravels Look you caught one
@@debwoods5834 Yea we know where you heard that fairy tale. Same park with the fake noah's ark.
The people who oppose GM don't have to deal with the negative ramifications of not having a secure food chain or having to be infected by one of these horrible diseases.
Not yet.....
I feel most people who are opposed to GM, anything, are generally strongly motivated by their religious beliefs. 90% of the argument i hear against GM is "we shouldn't play God" Frankly i am sick and tired of hearing how every new, hard to understand and therefore scary technology is likened to playing God. Im sure people told Tesla he was playing God too and thank God he paid no mind.
We need to be careful there is no doubt, but GM holds the keys to the future of humanity.
I have had West Nile it almost killed me.
I have no problem with GM this application is stupid. I have grown up around farming my entire life. I have seen people do things like this before the unforseen consequences have been devastating.
If you live in a city you live in a man made desert if the ecological system fails you will starve I have seen starving people before it is not anymore fun than the diseases and it is far more fatal.
@@philswift791
Im not sure i understand what you're saying. You had west nile, thats clear. You're ok with GM, but think using it to combat mosquitos is bad? Where should GM be used?
I agree, people who live in highly dense cities are completely fucked if/when SHTF. But that's where the money is.
@@comancheclub3449 I'm saying that while mosquitoes are a problem they also a massive food source in the ecological food chain. Screwing around in that system has created devastating effects. Unfortunately no one can say what the actual effects will be. The system is complex and affected by to many variables. Screwing around with a baseline food source is a terrible idea, if something doesn't go as planned and the mosquitoe population drops significantly it will have serious impact on the rest of the ecological system they are a food source for so many things. Do that and it may cause the damage to our ability to grow food.
GM products have almost tripled corn and soybean harvests among other things. I have no real problem with that because honestly it doesn't screw with the natural systems around us, and like I tell most people how else do you feed 7 billion people everyday.
Cheers I hope this helps.
It's like a bioweapon for mosquitoes
Not 'like' but is
that is the "rehearsal" run. 💅🏾
Exactly, another Fauci gift People don't research they just take for granted that this is a good thing and it's not!
Disney: I'll take your entire stock!
"Mosquitoes have been feeding on humans for more than a hundred million years." -- What????
Hominids (early humans) have existed for a couple million years, but yeah 100 million years ago great dinosaurs were still roaming...
Probably meant they'd be feeding on animals in general for that many years. I think they've been around a long time.
Yeah man, mosquitos have been at it a long time. It's okay, they deserve this, they had it coming.
Yeah, I found that weird since we've only been around for 200,000 years.
Karl Saltzman True
A mate of mine organised the release of Aedes Aegypti mossies infected with Wolbachia bacteria in North Queensland. The bacteria reduces the mossies ability to transmit viruses like Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya and Yellow Fever.
It certainly knocked the Dengue for six up here!
Soon I saw GM mosquitoes I was like MOSQUITOES HAVE CARS NOW?!?!?
No, GM has mosquitoes now
I thought of them as chess grandmasters lol
I am in the Florida keys and i just saw a billboard for it
I’m currently one week into a two week vacation in a Florida key... I wonder if they meant “end of summer” as in the literal end of the summer season, or end of summer as in end of summer break, because I could be seeing some of these little silly geese.
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If it is totally harmless, a fisherman in Florida will thank you for that!
Mosquitos are a main staple of the fish diet. They will disappear.
I'm enjoying this format. No Bs an to the point. Subscribed!
I say go for it! I was infected with dengue fever last year and I am telling you, you do not wanna go throught it.
It almost killed me. Fuck these mosquitos. I have never hated anything, except mosquitos.
DEngue been around for a while from Africa to Jamaica 🇯🇲 thk God I nvr had it .... I'm sorry u go thru tht, but good tht ur well ❣️
SD. Risky...... IDK... 🤔😧😦😮
I'm sure ppl in the keys love this .... Smh
I hate mosquitoes hate them dnt know why God made them 😒🙄🙏😕❣️😱
I wonder what the ramifications are for killing off mosquitoes. I certainly like the idea in principle.
Do you like bats? They are known to eat mosquitoes.
@@DJRonnieG Lifetime Floridians here. Our bats eat native Florida insects mostly, flying beetles and other things large and slow enough to detect with echolocation. The mosquitoes are too small and not as nutritious. When the June beetles molt every summer, we see bats flit around in the evenings. The mosquitoes stay year round and don't really attract anything but Insect Control district helicopters. Those mosquitoes aren't native, their removal would actually help our ecosystems return to normal.
Well according to Lilo and Stich, it could be bad, real bad.
@@DJRonnieG If we kill one specie then some other insect will fill the gap in the ecosystem
@@benfrench7884 Thanks for the info. 👍
Great video, Stephanie!
Thank you for the high quality informative content
I generally support this but idk why don't they do the next test in another city which is less conservative and more desperate for a solution to mosquito born diseases.
They don’t know what the effect is going to be. It could work flawlessly, it could make the mosquito problem mutate to a whole new level of awful. They don’t wanna test it on poorer regions where it would be much more difficult for them to fix it. (Just my guess)
It is a test, an experiment.
Also: 7:19
Yeah, just like the jab! Nothing that comes from Bill Gates or Fauci is good, beware!
Just watching this gives me the itch ngl
Those larvae. They deserve extinction. But then human sperm cells look like them too. Kind of makes you think that its hard to be given the ability to decide the fate of another organism.
What is "ngl"?
@@wasimoooo Not gonna lie?
@@MrCleks oh OK.
common common It’s really not hard if your killer instinct haven’t been neutered by soy and eco-warrior propaganda
Didn't know about this channel real engineer have to spread the word 👍👍 very good production looking forward to next video
I live in the Cayman Islands n let me tell you those gm mozzies work we had basically no mosquitos for like 6 months but they stopped using it in the quarantine n now the mozzies are back with a vengeance
This is exactly the type of videos i want to see. keep it up. nicely backed up by data and you approached the situation while carrying all concerns and worries.
Another great video! Thanks.
Very good video. Kudos. Great information presented here. Should help people understand better the risk and the tool.
Finally! I’ve been waiting for someone to actually do something like this!
dont be a fool!
Real science: "mosquitos have been feeding on humans for 100 million years."
Back then not even monkeys had evolved yet. :)))
Dinosaurs still had 35 million years to go. 😂
I suspect they meant 100,000.
😂
Unless they meant our rat like ancestors?
Back when humans were shrews.
S D bs
finally ! I have been waiting for this for a long time.
westeN westeN 👀👁😳 you’re the type of people they are looking for in this society🤖
You channel is brilliant.
In Florida, Aedes albopictus (Asiatic Tiger Mosquito) has largely supplanted Aedes aegyptii. Like all Aedes species, it carries the same diseases, but also bites all warm blooded animals, so the % infection with human/primate diseases like dengue, zika, or yellow fever may be lower but the risk of new zoenotic diseases probably increases.
You convinced me, its worth the risk
What risk, hallo
@@danielkron2513 Because g-g-g-GMOs!!!!
@@danielkron2513 things we don't know about or how we often ignore the facts that there are many things we don't understand, but feel we do, us foolish humans
@@spiderplant as a bioengineering student, these misconceptions are quite laughable
and sad
@@KernsJW first of all, science don't work like that. Secondly, us foolish hoomans learn from our mistakes, and chance of making some is not in any way shape or form a reason to stop trying to make progress.
Concept itself was told pretty specific in the video, instead of abstract/semi-philosophical doubts make specifically targeted technical questions.
🙂
Is there a possibility to disable the capacity of mosquitos to survive with diseases by letting those diseases to kill the host mosquitos?
@Heather Riley Getting the mosquitoes to kill the disease is much more likely to work (and also more humane) than trying to figure out a way to get the disease to kill the mosquitoes.
Such a mosquito would need to be bred and released in vast numbers, so that the engineered subspecies would out-compete the original type and permanently change the species. Also, the mosquitoes would need to be designed to kill all or most of the many different viruses and parasites transmitted by mosquitoes (plus updates as new blood-borne infections appear). That would require many extremely complicated changes whose long-term outcomes would be harder to predict. Whereas, if the mosquitoes are dead, you eliminate the entire vector of infection.
The other nice thing about the Florida plan is that since mosquitos carrying the engineered genes all die, the modified genes are much less likely to exist in the wild indefinitely and irreversibly. If there's some unforeseen problem, we stop releasing the modified males and evolution quickly flushes the changes out of the gene pool. It's possible, but unlikely, that the mutated gene will persist in a few survivors, but even more unlikely that resistance would give them such an evolutionary advantage that once the experiment ends, the mutation spreads through the species. Even then, it would happen slowly enough that we would have time to react.
Fun fact: while the three species of human-threatening mosquitoes are on the menu for a large variety of animals, they don't appear to be a keystone species even in their natural habitat. Animals like birds, frogs, and dragonflies that eat a large number of mosquitoes seem able to shift their diets if mosquito populations crash.
I feel like this is somehow going to back fire like the lovebugs did.
Lovebugs? What's that?
What happened with that?
What happened there?
That was actually a myth.love bugs were not genetically engineered and actually migrated from central America
Check your metaprogram
What happens when the GM mosquitoes react with the chemtrails and get activated by the 5G radiation?
Why is everybody keeping silent on this?
-Any sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from reality
Bro the world is long gone almost everyone is spiritual dead or stupid. Don’t be surprised when more crazy outrageous shit appears and no one reacts
Unfortunately your sarcastic question will be rallying cry for the anti-science idiots (currently known as covidiots...)
Your scientist were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if
They should.-Ian Malcom
Bingo
Yes, Hollywood knows best what science should and shouldn't do. I'm sure 9/10 AI's will also be hostile and ominous, just like in the films.
Skeptics: "Genetic materials will transfer to human causing harm"
Me eating an ice cream: "so when do I become a cow? Facepalm"
Before we proceed with this plan, a survey must be taken place to see what plants depend on male mosquitos for pollenattion and whether other insects can pick up the slack.
There have been many studies looking at this (along with possible predator dependence). There was a scientific paper on the subject a couple years ago, summarizing the research and finding that (so far as we know) there don't appear to be any organisms dependent on those three species of human-predating mosquitoes. It said that no known plants exclusively rely on mosquitoes for pollination, and predators are able to shift their diets to other species of mosquitoes and other insects if the three that threaten humans are unavailable.
Ecology is fraught with unintended consequences and the butterfly effect. But the notion of "ecological balance" turns out to be a fallacy as well: the natural world is a chaotic system. It periodically flies out of control even without human involvement, and can show remarkably resilience after a shock. The main issue these days is that humans are shocking so many different ecologies at once, the shocks are long-lasting, there's been no chance to recover.
I think the trump card for this anti-mosquito effort is that they're targeting a species that's invasive. Its presence is our fault, and harms rather than helps ecosystems. So eliminating it is (in this case) about undoing damage we caused already.
Is there a way to just genetically modify a mosquito where the viruses can't survive in a mosquito when they enter a mosquito?
I, for one, welcome our new glowing GFP mosquito overlords.
Sounds amazing, I hope this effort grows in the future!
dont be an idiot THIS IS ONE OF THE METHODS OF GENOCIDE COV.ID1 9 PLANDE.MIC!
@11:30 Mosquitos also active pollinators so they do play a huge role in the basic food chain. 16% of all pollination is done by mosquitoes when they consume nectar. I'm surprised you missed out on that vital information.
Another great video and I love all the ideas from real science and real science is amazing and it forced me to think about new ideas 😊
10:30 Mosquitos have NOT been feeding on humans for 100 million years. That would have humans around since the age of the dinosaurs.
Maybe she is referring to the time of traceable genetic comparisons to see if we shared something with the tree of mosquitoes...
Well it just feels like that long ! They bite us, we bite back ..... hard.
Humans go back million of years .... see "forbidden archeology !!!! "
@@tauruswinds37 I have not heard anyone mention Drutakarmā dāsa since the late 90s...
I live in Texas and am swarmed with hundreds every time I go outside release those mosquitoes
During early '60's Lee County Fl had a pair of DC3's that flew every Saturday morning, at sunrise during summer. They flew in close echelon and at rooftop height. They sprayed a fog of diesel fuel and DDT. I was in grade school at the time. It was totally awesome.
This irrational fear of genetic modification reminds me of when automation is introduced into the workforce. Innovation always comes with unforseen cons that we will have to learn to live with, as long as it is transparent, and we have made precautions against the possible cons and usage with malice, we shouldn't impede on the progress of innovation. It is especially true for developed countries impeding on innovations that will benefit poor and developing countries most, when the under-development of these countries are mostly due to the exploitation and imperialism by developed countries for their own growth and enrichment. Above all else, GM mosquitoes and GMO food will save lives, imagine what kind of a monster one would need to be to prioritize their comfort and wealth over the lives of many. Ironically, these monsters seem to be in an abundance today.
It honestly seems pretty safe. Real Science is being pretty apologetic in addressing the concerns, but mosquitos don't change animals' DNA. Viruses actually do though. I expected some (weak) argument to be made about the ethics of eradicating a virus and the impact that will have on the future of our race millions of years into the future, but nothing of it. No, I don't think it's something we should be worried about, but people just focus on the macro stuff they can see like the mosquitos themselves without considering how important even viruses are to our existence. (Malaria is not a virus though; it's caused by a parasite. That's something I learned form this video.)
I do wonder if we really understand the ramifications of doing this. Everything we do seems to make the world around us worse due to lack of forethought.
Dan Phillips..
Agree totally! But you can't fix stupid! You can only slow it down with a 2 by 4. And this is the same state that created the love bugs. Yeah ask any Floridian how that worked out!!!
They're not killing all mosquitoes. They're killing the ones that kill us. There's a difference.
@@Dunkopf breaking news, there's an overpopulation of humans now due to mosquitos genocide.
Every thing we do makes the world worse??? That's the stupidest thing ever said. How long is a human life span now compared to 200 years ago? There is lots and lots of new technology making life better for us. If technology wasn't helpful we would have stopped doing it years ago
@Daniel von Strangle the story goes that love bugs were created in a lab at Florida university and were released or escaped. I forget what tje story was as to why they were created. Anyway these bugs are a pain in the ass because they are attracted to heat so they are always around your cars and splatter on the paint. If you dont get them off within a day they ruin your paint job. However the story of them being created in a lab is just a story.
Though I have always thought that this should be tried on islands first, as was done in the Cayman Islands, to test out its feasibility and effects, methinks that this is a great idea. This could be combined in a double punch: Use the killer-modification first to reduce the population, then, use the male-only gene-modification to make sure that the remaining mosquitoes are totally wiped out. This could not just be valuable to curb diseases that afflict humans, but it could, also, be used on islands such as the Hawaiian Islands where native birds are being pushed to extinction by avian malaria carried by introduced mosquitoes. Eliminating mosquitoes there would help save many endemic Hawaiian birds.
gb is an island. :( we cant get off
happy to see dengue given awareness. this could be life changing for a lot of countries if we can perfect the method. i hope this doesn't disrupt the ecosystem too much, but if i'm being honest this is one of the few living creatures i'm happy to take that gamble on.
I am a devout sceptic, but this looks very promising and rigorously tested and vetted. I am getting sick of people attacking anything done intentionally by honest brilliant people, then turning around and excusing terrible things done accidentally by careless morons and even demanding that morons be put in power because they suffer from their own negligence.
I thought it was going to be more advanced than this, like using the mosquito’s immune system to kill the disease, or altering mosquitoes so they don’t need and/or don’t want to drink blood for their eggs. Or even causing mosquitoes to have an over reactive response when they encounter these diseases and die before they can spread it.
Really? You think this isn't advanced? The GM male mosquitoes compete with the non-GM mosquitoes for females and the GM female offspring die I'm the larval stage. The next generation of GM males repeat the process and the reproductive rate falls off a cliff. Sounds pretty advanced to me.
@@danebeck7900 I didn't say it wasn't, it is, its just that things similar to this have been done already. Its also that this is just a short term solution, they will have to continuously release new mosquitoes when the GM ones die off, and the normal population begins to rise again.
Nah for stuff like this the simplest solution is usually the best. It makes risk assessment and control much easier, plus it keeps R&D costs down and, for evil corporations, allows you to keep charging for your product.
@@whydontyouhandledeez I'm not exactly sure how your last 2 points are positive ones. This solution leaves a fair bit of risk, because you basically have to guess how many GM mosquitoes have survived and when to add new ones, you also can end up with pockets of mosquitoes in other areas that remain unaffected by GM mosquitoes, their solution isn't exactly simple either, its just I think there are more clever ways that genetic modification could be implemented, without actually potentially harming an ecosystem - when mosquito populations drop so do other insect populations, which only goes up the chain, and can eventually effect birds and other animals, not to mention if mosquito populations drop low enough in certain areas it can lead to inbreeding, so there are definitely better solutions than just lowering populations.
@@johnj8639 Aedes aegypti is an invasive species and represents a small portion of the overall mosquito population down here so there wouldn't be a noticeable drop in total population, therefor not affecting the food chain at all
It's very pleasant to see those pots filled with dead mosquitoes. It feels like justice has been made.
An interesting and often overlooked aspect of CRISPR is the potential for diagnostics with E-CRISPR or the potential for viral treatments via a targeted inactivation of the viral genome
Please do a video about organisms consuming plastic
As a person that gets absolutely covered in bites every year, I am excited about this. I work on the third floor and a mosquito bit me at work twice.
This will not kill most mosquitoes. Just those that spread diseases.
I went out to check my garden and bring in some melons and squash. I ended up with 10 bites in 15 minutes, took two Benadryl, and a cold shower to stop the itch. I know they are good for the environment, but I hate them.
You are mistaken.. this is not good.. you need to open your eyes. This isn’t about stopping the spread of diseases
i thought GM mostly made pickups, though
That was relly good, thanks heaps.
Nature always finds ways
But GM is literally kneecapping nature
We are nature
The narration is interesting, but the video is mostly just a series of stock footage clips.
I watch several channels like this and I've never had a problem with it. These types of videos are best used like podcast's I guess. You don't really have to watch them just listen.
And??
I've been bitten by 80 while camping. in one day. I counted.
So I know this is really old, but at 10:30 it says that mosquitoes have been feeding on humans for 100 million years...which isn't possible. I'm pretty sure it's a typo, but I think I'm now gonna google what the actual number is.
I learn from this video is great then I apply the Ideas in day to day life 🙏❤️🙏👏👏
Hell yeah, I’m glad we’re finally doing this. I know they were ethical issues but fuck mosquitoes
How would this affect the wildlife that depends on mosquitoes as food? (amphibians, bird, bats, just to name a few)
11:34
its an invasive species... plus it will help native mosquitos to return
As an invasive species it doesn't have any. It's in the video btw, @11:30
Back in the 60's there was a problem with flies on an island with a LORAN station (the thing before GPS). The Coast Guard decided to do the ecological thing and import something that eats flies. FROGS. Later the island was infested with thousands (may be millions) of frogs.
It's been discussed since the 1940s and detailed in the February 1979 issue of Scientific American in the article titled 'Genes that Violate Mendel's Rules'. Recent advances in genetic editing through CRSPR cas9 have made it practical and cheap.
Somehow I believe that this is a bad idea. I don't know why
I've got a bad feeling about this.
I know right I felt the same it's like what if this is the beginning of zombies, Florida is gonna report the first zombie 😕
Ditto💜🙏
Why tho?
Well u should, your own government wants u dead. Another slick plan that nobody is taking serious. Then wonder why the bodies are gonna pile up at a record rate.
@@MKL3165 Actually, the government wants you alive and paying taxes.
Great reporting!
Everyone tough until the mosquito tells you to roll a Con saving throw
Yes. Everything that kills mosquitoes can only be good
These mosquitoes could be used as a weapon and targeted at specific groups to reduce birth rates
Sadly most disease carrying mosquitoes dont do well on cold weather 😔
So, it’s 2 plus years later, did they do it? Is it working?
Will this work for other invasive species then? Like crayfish in the uk? How would you tackle flora?
Yey, proud moment.
10:32 What? 100 million years? Really? - _-
It is important to synchronize introduction of modified mosquitoes with the seasonal breeding pattern of mosquitoes in any region. Usually, the mosquitos increase soon after the first rains (usually in March/April) and then again when the rains become consistent (July/August) in the Northern Hemisphere. This would have to be continued for a few years until results are obtained. The method surely appears to be safe, and is much better than the DDT that we use these days.
Et quid des oiseaux qui mangent cette saloperie de moustiques modifié ?
Why not let nature do it’s thing for what so in the future we can look back and be like oh shit that was our fault
Until it's you and the people you care about dying
It did happen to me two times in one year wants to my brother little daughter we mourn and it passes don’t follow the Bible follow the 10 Commandments
Duane Don’t forget to get back
Do people not see what’s wrong with this? Are we that blind?
People watch this cute video, do absolutely no independent research to verify what they just watched, and everyone is suddenly an expert on entomology. Sad. Truth.
Another high quality in depth video in a relevant subject.
Only in 2020 would humans think this would be a good idea and that NOTHING else could possibly go WRONG!
Amen, planned experiment just like the jab. Beware do the research this is not good. When has Bill Gates or Fauci done any thing good for the masses just evil, depopulation agendas!
Still waiting to hear how this is going to help...
It is explained and repeated MANY times in the video, you smoothbrain.
roach genocide next pls
No
@raffle baffle Yeah. Let them live as they are.
this is the backstory plot to the horror movie franchise, "Mimic"
Smart idea, given the most microscopic risk, the benefits far outweighs the risk
This is the most compelling genetic modification proposal I have heard, largely because the reward is so high compared to the potential risk. But, my greatest concern is that the company is concealing known risks. Monsanto lied about risks of around-up for years, and that is just one example. We need to be told about all the known potential risks to make an educated decision.
Edit: A good idea may be to look at who is funding this. I wouldn’t trust it if someone in favor of drastic population control is funding it.
Genophage for mosquitoes👍
People who have experienced a mosquito transferred disease: this project has my consent.
People who have no experience with mosquito transferred disease: this project does not have my consent.
I’ll have to admit that I was strongly against it aswell, when clicking the video and like 2 mins in. But now I feel more leaning to it it being a good idea. Yet; there’s always the danger of unforeseen problem, and nobody knows what consequences that might have.. I would vote yes, while slightly nervous about it.
Although not QUITE relevant, this makes me yet again wonder why more qualified people never even bother trying to explain these trials and experiments. In my experience, I generally am fine with inconveniences (like pay cuts) if it’s explain and I find the logic behind it reasonable.
I would not miss one of the blood sucking buggers. To the contrary I would love to see that to black flies, deer flies, ticks, .... as well.
birds need to eat lol
The rest of the world to Florida: Perhaps I Treated you too harshly
This is absolutely diabolical and I love it! I hope this works and can get used everywhere!
Good to hear that usa is finally looking into asían science ideas
DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE FRIGGEN LOVE BUG IN FLORIDA.
This is going to blow up in their faces and we're all going to have to live through the consequences