We did save them

wow socrates

They’re quite rare now, though

bees are really annoying

insects in general

?????

looking forward to the time when we can remove them without destroying the ecosystem

Insects don’t really affect me at all.

bees aren't annoying they're little helpers

until they sting you because they are too stupid to realize you are not a threat

bees rarely sting you

rarely is not good enough

it's wasps that are stinging everyone

bees are less problematic than people

wasps need to go too

Mosquitoes were made forcibly extinct in Africa and the Americas, if that’s any consolation.

That was a fairly recent change, over the span of a year

Started about two decades ago.

wait what

no mosquitoes in america?

you serious?

why haven't we genocided them here yet

he's talking about in his time travel reality

oh right

and I got hopeful there for a second

lol

Yes, they were deemed an “unneeded species”.

why bother with mosquitos when ticks exist

all parasites need to be removed

I will note, from what I have seen, the technology we used to extinguish them should already take be present in your time, albeit costly and inefficient.

ideally in the smoothest and most peaceful manner

we don't want any collateral damage in the ecosystem now do we

there's nothing peaceful about terminating living creatures

Multiple genetic mutations were found that caused the mosquitoes to become. . . Unsuitable for life.

who said anything about termination? we could just gather them using drone armies and place them in a mosquito habitat

well then what would they feed off

they would all die out

synthetic blood or whatever. let them figure it out

Careful gene editing resulted in a “seed population” of mosquitoes that was introduced into the wild. The mosquitoes passed on genetic defects that became more severe as generations passed.

smh

we owe nothing to the mosquitoes