Lab-Grown Mosquitoes Are Being Released by the Millions, Here's What You Need to Know
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2017
- Mosquitoes kill more people annually than any other animal on earth. But several research companies are looking to tame this issue.
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I got bit by a mosquito and now my DNA merged with the Mosquito DNA and i mutated into a mansquito.
zukodude487987 some of the viruses that they carry might potentially have integrase that could merge the virulent DNA with our own, existing as a provirus
zukodude487987 Congrats
This is the best comment hands down.
zukodude487987 fucking mansqitou lol
Do you eat Taquitos?
New insult "waste of biomass"
Ian Cleary Biomass is a waste of matter anyway.
Ha! Love it..
Who else felt bugs on yourself when you were watching this
That line where he says it's so tempting to wipe out all the mosquitos resonated with me for a second. Like holy shit what have we come to. To even think about eradication of anything. Crazy
Saitama: Mosquitos Suck.
Badum tshh
Animu Reference
When be said "nobody's been ducked dry by mosquitoes" I thought of this show
Mosquitos: the only creature Saitama can't beat (unless it's humanoid)
Doel Nath he can go to sky ane one punch blow up the whole area and kill everything there inclunding the damned bug
I hate mosquito
Even after all those kisses at night all the poor mosquito got was hatred. :'(
Cruel world.
Mosquitos seriously need to learn to dab, everyone is hating on them.
All the mosquitoes get released and immediately fly into a tornado.
Mad Wey mosquinado
BRO 💀
poor spiders now have nothing to eat ...
well, the dont only eat mosquitoes
Nanuck Dogg more like poor frogs.
and other critters, etc.
There are tons of other insects spiders can eat. Smh
If male mosquitoes don't bite, what do they drink?
RiddleTomMarvollo both males and females feed on nectar and honey dew but females feed on blood to produce eggs
RiddleTomMarvollo nectar
RiddleTomMarvollo Sugary substances like Sugar water or nectar {Really nectar but if no nectar then Sugar water}
RiddleTomMarvollo nectar
RiddleTomMarvollo the blood of their enemies
What if mosquitos are actually helping us by acting as vaccines for diseases we don't know about.
Yeah the problem is that people believe whatever they are told, so if they are told mosquitoes are bad and they can "fix" them then chances are most people will believe them....Truth is they dont know what is being created or what has been changed only what they have been told. Everything is Here for a reason......Everything.
nope.
Mist3rpink83 shut your conspiracy theorist ass up
Monica Therese alright. Time to make a movie about it.
Papi Champú it's the new cool man, if you're not a conspiracy theorist then you're not cool or as they call it, "woke". Can't wait for it to die out
You have to love how casually people speak about driving mosquitoes to extinction
I'm a mosquito and I am SO offended.
Reported for terrorism.
Serious question
How tf do they get the number of mosquitoes in an area? Do they mark the ones counted? Do an air count? Or conduct a mosquito census?
Red-Haired Shanks, estimates, guesses
They count each one individually
Probably a census sample... but that's an interesting question! Tweet me if you find out.
BensLand I knew it. Thanks man. Saved me a Google
They go door to door and take surveys.
"Firing Blanks" Lmaoo
we have a video about it.
@@mikeycrackson Its probably because of all the soy boys running around
This sounds like a biological weapon
How would this affect other populations that eat mosquitos such as bats?
Wow, they just assumed the gender of millions of mosquitoes 😑
Mark Angelot yeah......i hate this world
Mark Angelot except he's using sex ie male and female
Mark Angelot 😂😂😂 wtf
Mark Angelot lmao u made my day
ikr mosqists 😒
This has potential "sci-fi disaster" vibes. I hope nothing goes wrong for anyone because of this.
At least we'll have a new movie.
it will
I hope it backfires. It would served a great lesson for those driving a species to extinction because they simply are the only species capable of keeping humanity in check
If they want to get rid of maquitoes why are why not protecting bat's, Dragon flys and other eaters of the pests.
I did get mosquitos released in my neighborhood. Not entirely sure of the brand though. This season always holds a lot of discomfort in the form of bites, but comparing to previous seasons me and my family have experienced less overall. Not exactly a great measure, but an expected result nonetheless.
Only females bite? *Seems legit.*
Jesus Chavez, they do though
Jesus Chavez lol, mosquitoes don't drink our blood as a food source. The only reason why females bite is due to the fact that they need a protein in blood to form their eggs (doesn't necessarily have to be human blood), males have no need to do so
Are you from Florida by any chance?
i just killed a mosquito before getting notif of this vid
but he killed it
I've watched enough Black Mirror to know where this is going.
Ty Sam The bee episode is exactly what i thought of when i saw this!
Ty Sam how do they kill you?
ive only seen on animes ;o mm courage the cowardly dog cartoon and some other places i think animes
Truth...
*Mosquitoes suck*
*_l i t e r a l l y_*
Mosquitoes *_[ S U C C ]_*
Lol the Florida bit was hilarious !! Then Americans wonder why everyone is mocking them
ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ ΛΙΑΡΟΣ so a tiny group of people says something and you ostracize the entire country of 300million people? Sounds like you have a low iq.
Because majority of you guys just eat fast food and 60 percent of Americans are obese they should get rid of fast food it's horrible for your body and it is disgusting to me
gooz0mbie na it's a huge amount but small people with sense
gooz0mbie it has happened multiple times and I've experienced it myself having met loads of American and it's not like it's their fault the Media is a joke and their educational system is self centered
ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ ΛΙΑΡΟΣ but are all Americans that way sir?
If only we could make them extinct.
Jackson Murphy noooo that would be bad
gooz0mbie, why though
Cameron Jeffery they are an integral part of the ecosystem and could potentially wipe out our foodchain. Besides, the females only bite before reproduction and mosquitoes are only carriers to viruses. As long as we can sterilise them, they would be safe
Agreed. "They" (scientists) believe they have a way now, but people are against the risk. I am in favor of wiping the mosquitoes out completely. There are those that will say "What if this..." and "What if that...". The concerns are worth considering, but let's not hold up progress just because of "What if" scenarios. "What if" we no longer had mosquitoes and could stay outside without putting poison on us to avoid getting bitten. That is worth the risk. Various species of all types go extinct every year, and life goes on.
They are also a principal food source for several species. We've tried medling with the balance of the food chain before and every time we fail miserably.
doesn't the population drop of the mosquitoes trickle down to the whole ecosystem?
Yaaay! Mosquito porn @1:44
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sourav lamarck get busssy
sourav lamarck get a life
Or a wife
oh ya that's hot **unzips**
At my house we have a special catcher for them that uses propane and kills them by the thousands. Haven't seen mosquitoes all summer and we live next to a swamp.
When you assume there's only two mosquito genders.
😂😂
this has got me nervous any time we mess around with the food chain it puts me on edge
You need not be nervous. The food chain isn't a machine that breaks down if you take out one of its ball bearings. It's kind of a living thing and adapts to change.
Mosquito Park?
Straight up sounds like the start of the zombie apocalypse
Thank you. I was kind of worried about the mosquitoes being released. You fixed my worries. I think we should release mosquitoes every year.
Good and thanks for acknowledgement that these are short term strategies.
In the first 5 seconds Trace Dominguez makes a scientifically inaccurate statement.
"They (mosquitoes) are a complete waste of biomass." Countless organisms feed on mosquitoes and mosquito larva. To claim they are a complete waste of biomass is an opinion, and not a scientific fact.
Except that it was obviously a joke.
Mitglied der Pilzarmee lmaoo
Matthew Cecil it's true. Its predicted hundreds of bird species would go extinct if mosquitoes did too. Probably more than that though. And the niche would be filled by a new insect, but what would that be? Maybe biting horseflys... Could you imagine?
Jessica, I think the better option is to develop a female mosquito that as a dislike for proteins specific to human blood. This is incredibly difficult though, but I'm confident I could do it. An option that makes humans a less palatable source of blood is truly ideal, if we're only willing to modify mosquitoes. I try to devise long-term solutions but these are more difficult than the short-term solutions presented in this video. The video mentioned NOTHING of a gene drive being used to drive unfavorable traits through the population against natural selection, but these can be used... and should be used carefully.
Jessica no only you would go extinct
In the words of The Great Bubsy. "What could possibly go wrong?"
I guessed the right size of the shoebox in space video. This channel has all the most interesting information
They really do suck! Me and my brother lived in Bali and we got dengue at the same freaking time. It's an absolute pain in the ass!! Great video👌🏻
Remind anyone of that one bee episode of black mirror?
Just seen the title of the video and told my son that's what it reminded me of
Why not just build a wall?
Welcome back, Trace
It's been a while you're not in the video..
This is literally how a horror movie starts.
Last time I was this early, I had dengue fever 😟
Possible reasons:
A - Ajay Davidson is a muslim (or not) and Amit Kumar hates muslims;
B - Amit Kumar just hates/despises Ajay Davidson for some reason; or
C - Amit Kumar is a troll.
I guess "c" because the first two are invalid if you understand my name correctly.
Fax Machine Indian
Cant they do this to hiv and cancer?
Fruitarian Maybe but it is a diease not a species... they are looking very hard for the cure
Fruitarian Hiv is spread differently from the viruses that mosquitoes carry and cancer is not even a virus (though it can be caused by viruses during DNA integration) Hiv is difficult to eradicate due to the fact that the reverse transcriptase that it contains does not proofread, leading to a high rate of mutation. So drugs targeting specific parts of the Hiv proteins would be obselote in no time. Cancer is caused by a mutation in the tumour repressor gene and the proto oncogene gene in somatic cells and is difficult to eliminate cuz it's difficult to pinpoint the exact cells that have faulty genes. My information is not exhaustive but I hope it sparks some curiosity in you to read on more about it
not to hiv or what i know now
Fruitarian the cure for cancer was found long ago, they just didn't want anybody to know about it...
I feel itchy already, just by watching the images!!
Kurzgesagt made a video similar to this. They talked about how mosquitoes are being genetically modified that have a bacteria that will eliminate Malaria in regular mosquitoes (if I remember correctly). This was like a year ago or two when they posted this... where were you guys?
basically its like STD for mosquitoes 😂
This is the end of the comments.
TheMightyWalrus why
TheMightyWalrus it started lol
I wish, but I'll probably keep scrolling anyway
*reading title while scratching over mosquito bites* "...Go on."
I particularly liked the part around 3:17 about the publics mistrust for the words "genetically" and "modified." Thanks for pointing that out
Man playing God
charlie chamberlain Yup it's unfortunate
charlie chamberlain not god, Mother Nature.
Judging by the fact that we've doubled our life expectancy, I'd say we are playing pretty well.
fallout 4 qoutes
GerackSerack and these people are the ones that will still take medicines and vaccines 😂 why don't they live as nature intended and stop artificially increasing their life expectancy
Do you want a zombie apocalypse? That's how you get a zombie apocalypse.
Carlos Bolanos can't wait!
Carlos Bolanos other than a sci-fi movie or conspiracy theory website, citation please?
Hunter Chaney Spoiler Alert: It's a joke.
Rasmus Laine Thanks but you aren't the person who wrote the comment so your opinion means nothing to me.
It's not an opinion, it's an observation.
Great vid!!!!
The video is better if muted with subtitles, once wolbachia is mentioned just read it as code talker from MGSVPH
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This is so messed up, yeah i know they are annoying but what if i took a baby and designed it to not speak and bite and kill everyone, this world will be so different 10 years from now, i fear it. I bet we'll have 1 health pack life which when we die we can say respawn on our minds and we'll respawn, we'll also have robots who are out partners its scary to think of the enormous future.
PixelGunner3D ok but it makes much more sense to save millions of lives in the long run.
hey gimme out gimmie out
Things are getting worse
Weak analogy at best. Human babies do not transmit diseases when they grow up by biting other human beings. Not to mention, there are not thousands of human species that spread hundreds of diseases. What a faulty emotional appeal made by an American no doubt.
Life finds a way
Damn. Looks like Skull Face will succeed in 2017 to release the Wolbachia vocal cord parasite.
When they gonna do this to roaches my man
What about the food chain?
May the Force be with You theirs plenty of other Bugs to eat if that’s what you’re talking about
May the Force be with You there are over 3500 species of mosquitoes, and barely any are the harmful ones. We will only eliminate those ones.
It won't affect Walmart. We will be okay
what a bunch of crap i see here...
Can u make an update of this video??
Currently in my country, philippines, we have a dengue outbreak! 😭😭
Yay, Trace is back!!!
I dont give a damn what it does to the environment. Wipe them all out quickly plz. Ticks too
NOS Huffer it could potentially wipe out our very own fragile foodchain which could lead to our extinction
They are only talking about wiping out harmful species of mosquitoes which are very few compared to the number of species of mosquitoes. Also the food chain would be fine because they eat more than just mosquitoes. And hey can adapt to east other food sources.
A. W. Chances are we're going to kill even the unharmful ones whether by mistake or on purpose
Zombie Apocalypse incoming.
Decimo10X why
Better catch those queens.
nhcq 😂
How?
already started. Some people are so stupid they can be classified as zombies. one example are the idiots that protested because they were afraid to be bitten by a GM MALE mosquito.
University of Florida tried something like this decades ago with Love Bugs. Ask a Floridian how well that worked out!
I can think of a lot of ways this experiment could go wrong
I am not freaked out over "itchy time" , i'm freaked out over messing with the natural balance of things... Like introducing a foreign species to wipe out another, or just wiping one out completely...
Great. Mosquitoes trained in the scientific method. We're doomed.
I heard a S.Korean lab breed a Non-biting mosquito that in larvae state even eat other mosquito larvaes.
Well, more research is needed
Isn't mosquito larva important for aquatic ecosystems?
Like said in Jurassic park movie life will find a way. What if through some miracle the unmodified female becomes tolerant or the male develops a taste for blood?
Karthik Nagarajan The females only use blood for their eggs, so the males have 0 reason to suck.
Because a meant-to-be-epic line from a Blockbuster from the previous century is obviously a good source of scientific information.
Besides, a mutation which makes the males thirsty for blood is unlikely.
Karthik Nagarajan the female could file for domestic violence
I also get all my opinions from science fiction movies
Karthik Nagarajan what if you weren't so paranoid
What's in it for these private companies to do this ?
Megalodon:I killed alot of creatures in my days
Mosquito:hold my beer.wait u dont have a hand
I know I may get crucified for saying this but totally wiping out the mosquito could start a much more deadly domino effect that could eventually really bite the human race, in the you know what, a whole lot worse☮
Don't be afraid to voice your concerns. It's only natural. Having said that, it's unlikely that wiping out just one species of mosquitoes would cause such devastating effects. There are hundreds of species of mosquitoes, only a handful of which are bad for humans. If we wiped out the harmful ones, the most likely outcome is that the neutral ones will fill their place in the ecosystem. Ecosystems are incredibly complex but unlike machines, this complexity is their strength because it helps them adapt to change.
Feynstein 100 agree
If i lose both legs for life of all mosquitoes = worth.
Worth a shot. I don't think they are doing this with reckless abandon and bet they are watching the effects very carefully. The same argument could be made for many of the species we are responsible for wiping out over the millennia.
Well this is better than nazis vs antifa in virginia.
Seeker have you heard of Lasers that kill mosquitos? This technology has been around for many years. I just don't know why it never was sold or use after.?
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every time we have fucked with habitat like this we have made it worse. mark my words this will go wrong
Could you name a few examples which had negative long term effects?
And while you are at it, naming a few examples which actually resemble the situation described in the video would be nice too.
Your right there is no other case where we have used genetically modified insects. But there are plenty of times we have tried to influence a habitat/eco system for the better and we almost always make it worse due to unforeseen consequences. Mosquitoes are food for lots of other animals and insects. The outcome of genetic pollution is unpredictable. What if we drastically decrease or even extinct a certain type of mosquito and that has effects on the food chain. I don't see how they could possibly reliable predict the outcome of this huge experiment. In an eco system there is almost infinite variables.
What about flys? i hate flys!!
Manuel Ortiz *flies and they decompose foods and waste for us, if we lost them then our world will have more undecomposed food and waste
oh good point, thank you!
FLIES don't transmit diseases that kill millions of people. We are not eradicating the Mosquito population just because people find them annoying, we are eradicating them because it will save lives.
Well, technically speaking- Mosquitoes are flies :P
Manuel Ortiz what about birds i hate birds...great leap forward lets kill the birds
Hey Trace haven't seen you on this part of seeker
Do you have a Kickstarter campaign for your movie?
Africa's population will be 4 billion by 2100, and most countries are struggling to keep up with it. So is this really a good idea?
Africa is a continent....
He didn't mention Africa being a country...
Great History well by then we will all be dead so we will be lucky 😊. We won't have to witness the awful destruction we are doing.
Unfortunately some people actually think like that. The preservation of beauty is serious and needs to be taken seriously. Change is inevitable, but we need to make sure it changes in the right direction.
Great History overpopulation can be dealt with in other ways. Malaria is a horrible way to die
Smh. This is not a good idea and it wont work the way they plan it. Once again man tampering with things that shouldn't be tampered with, tryna play God.
Why do you think it's a bad idea?
Nicholas Terrell it's natures intended cause for you to die but you will try to live longer
Zach its not meant to be. Its not nature's intended course
Allan55555 have your parents ever told you they initially intended to abort you when you were in the womb? Get off my comment with the dumb shit dude
Nicholas Terrell G
The future is not set in stone.
Is it evolutionary impossible for male mosquitoes to not bite? What if they do after the evolution which may takes place on several tens of years or hundreds?
I think you missed the important one. There's one more variation of lab grown mosquitoes that can only spawn male off springs, which is the most effective and lasting solution to this problem.
What about the gmo mosquito that only produces male offspring?
Can't think this is tested controllable or reversible
Do mosquitoes help cross-pollinate flowers?
Am I the only one that went 'nnoooooo!' when they read the title?
wait, wolbachia?
so the SKULLS parasite unit is going to be a thing?
Thank god I thought you guys stopped making videos
I've been saying it for months now.
We need Symmetra turrets that laser beam specific types of mosquitos. If a human is in the way, or is approaching, the laser shuts off and flashes signalling it's in work mode and to plz move away.
I watched a documentary the other day about hummingbirds, and they said mosquitoes are a big part of their protein diet :'(
What about all the species world wide that depend on mosquitoes as a food source?
4:31 As long as nobody gets sick, and the food chain isn't affected hugely, I'm fine with it.
Here's my issue: Countless species depend on mosquitoes for food. They're a massive part of the diet of many birds and I feel like there aren't any studies to show the potential impact of just wiping out the entire mosquito population.
Need some of these Mosquitoes up in Minnesota, the amount of Mosquitoes is fucking insane, but I'm sure this is everywhere.