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by wrong_variable 2522 days ago
So all the money spent on mosquite coil, net , aerosol, skin cream ( while harming your own body ) was worth for nothing ? Nature had a better solution all along.

If we lived in forests mosquitoes won't be a problem, well at least all those activities increased GDP.

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If you lived in the forests of, say, Thailand there's a good chance you'd die from Dengue Fever or Malaria. Good ol' nature, looking out for the humans.
> Nature had a better solution all along.

No, not really. That these eat mosquitoes makes it clear that they don't wipe out mosquitoes, or they'd have died out for lack of food.

They may keep populations down to some extent, but any predator that wipes out its prey winds up dead quickly.

Live in a forest? Probably even more mosquitoes.
The ignorance in comments like these is bugging (yes) me.

If you truly believe nature itself is perfect and human inventions are stupid, leave the comfort of your home / office and try to survive buttnaked in the jungle, all by yourself.

People who think nature is all beautiful and perfect and benevolent ironically are the same people who have never tried to survive in the harsh wilderness.
Oh, I do believe nature is all beautiful and perfect and I did survive some very harsh wilderness. I just never believed it is allways nice to be, if I am unprepared ..