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by JoeAltmaier 4277 days ago
Nature lost species all the time throughout history, and the world survived. I'd say, there are so many variables that the ecosystem can surely adapt to the loss of any particular species.
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yeah everything will adapt, but it still might be worse /for us/
It's hard to see how as long as we're talking about mosquitoes. We're not talking about putting the Earth through anything like these:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_event

Jesus. Nobody said nature wouldn't adapt.

I'm saying that there WILL BE unintended consequences. That are unknown.