Weekly discussion 14

Weekly discussion 14

by giovanni ardito -
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Mosquitos are of course one of the most unpleasant animals in the world and for this reason many people would like to kill them all to solve this old problem. In my opinion, this is not only a crazy plan, but it's also quite impossible and really dangerous.

 

First of all, mosquitos reproduce in very wet places, such as swamps and forests. For this reason, even if we tried to use insecticide to kill them in our cities, they would survive in any case.

Through many intentional and non intentional ways they would be able to reach towns and start to annoy people.

 

Moreover, scientists claim that even mosquitos are fundamental for our planet, environment and food chain.

Although  for many species, including men, they can be dangerous as sources of deseases trasmitted through blood, mosquitos represent the feeding of some animals, such as frogs, bats, swallows and turtles.

 

These animals, of course, generally don’t live in our cities. So, if someone even invented a ploy to kill mosquitos in forests and jungles, in all likelihood, he could kill or damage the species mentioned before.

 

For these reasons, I strongly believe we should continue tolerating mosquitos and maybe just find some harmless way to defend ourselves during the summer.