@CryptidBestiary@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoAll pollinators are important but...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1566arrow-down120
arrow-up1546arrow-down1imageAll pollinators are important but...lemmy.world@CryptidBestiary@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareuphillbothwayslinkfedilink-21•edit-21 year agoMosquitoes don’t directly cause death, though. They are susceptible to diseases. They pass those diseases on. Those diseases cause death. Bees cause more direct deaths due to anaphylactic shock from allergies to apitoxin. Mosquitoes just catch all the blame.
minus-square@EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink13•1 year agoClose enough, I’d say.
Probably because of just how much death they directly cause
Mosquitoes don’t directly cause death, though.
They are susceptible to diseases. They pass those diseases on. Those diseases cause death.
Bees cause more direct deaths due to anaphylactic shock from allergies to apitoxin.
Mosquitoes just catch all the blame.
Close enough, I’d say.