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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Serious question: Has any culture tried breeding these guys to keep mosquitoes at bay? Something like how people kept cats around to reduce the population of mice?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Interesting question! I'd guess, however you do it, you could only achieve a temporary uptick in the population. Like any other predator/prey relationship, the ecosystem can only support X predators. After all, the ancient Egyptians could only have so many cats around until they ran out of mice.

    Be a pain to breed. They stay underwater as nymphs for 2 years, and that's 2 years where you gotta keep them from being someone else's lunch.

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