[nancybelowzero]

I had this idea when I was 7. I would spend all day outside and get tons of mosquito bites, but also sometimes I would go to the doctor to get shots. They seemed to me to be not entirely different things, so I would wonder why they couldn't just put the shots into mosquitos, since they didn't hurt as much.

And it turns out, you can!

[theultdev]

They're not putting shots into the mosquitos. They're modifying the parasite the mosquito injects that lives in your liver.

When you were 7, did you yearn for modified parasites?

[greycol]

To be honest yes, lots of super hero stories about them. Though to be fair they're called symbiotes when they're helpful.

[thebruce87m]

My (just turned) 8 year old wants a box he can put any two animals in to breed them to make a hybrid.

His example was a cat and a slug. He would absolutely love modified parasites.