Should Mosquitoes Go Extinct? ft. Bio.cass.ification | Lindsay Nikole
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Mosquitoes kill more people every year than any other animal on the planet. More than sharks. More than snakes. More than other humans. So when Google announced a plan to release 32 million of them across the United States, the internet lost its mind and honestly, fair. But the real story is far stranger, and far more interesting, than the headlines let on. Here’s everything you need to know before you decide where you stand.
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Chapters
00:00 Google’s Plan to Release 32 Million Mosquitoes
00:32 Mosquitoes Are Disgusting Here’s Why
01:38 Only Pregnant Females Bite You
02:37 12,500 Mosquitoes Exist Per Human Alive
07:08 Aedes Aegypti The Species Being Hunted
08:07 Sterile Males, No Chemicals, No Babies
09:38 80-90% Suppression in Singapore
10:20 Mosquitoes Actually Feed Entire Ecosystems
15:47 282 Million Malaria Cases in 2024 Alone
25:55 So Should Mosquitoes Actually Go Extinct?
Should Mosquitoes Go Extinct? ft. Bio.cass.ification | Lindsay Nikole
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@LindsayNikole
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
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@Shr1mpt4stic
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
I propose "Anti-Mosquitos" as a title so people get it
@felipesharkao
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
As a Brazilian: yes, fuck mosquitos
I don't know many people that never got dengue
@lukemichael451
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
I agree with the efforts to reduce populations of the disease spreading genera through releasing sterile males, but only to a certain extent. I dont think its good to wipe a species out for something thats not necessarily completely its fault. Yes the mosquitoes are spreading malaria, but that is not their intention and they can completly their lifecycle if the disease they spread didn't exist. So I think we should simply use the sterility plan on the places the mosquitoes are nonnative/invasive and wipe them out there completely because it would benefit local ecosystems. While also reducing the populations in there native ranges would be okay if its a means of controlling a population that is way higher than the ecosystem would normally support but not wipped out in its entirety. Though they are just a few species of genera of mosquitoes, it seems just as wrong to wipe out these species as it would be to wipe out animals like Nile Crocodiles who cause loads of human deaths a year. There are ways to prevent the harms and at least I think we should erradicate the disease, not the insect who is just living as its instincts and biology tells it to do so. It is how they are that the females need blood for nutrients for their offspring, and is it really a good thing to eliminate a species that would not have gone extinct otherwise?
I know this was a very long explaination, but my point is that I support the project to the extent that it erradicates the disease and the non native mosquito populations, but not the genera or individual species at large. Let me know what you think of the nuances of the project. I would love to hear any counterarguments or ideas surrouding my thoughts or the discussion at large!!
@Friluee
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
why u doing this is sad…
@FROG90739
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
If u think for a second that this is done in the interest of human health ur totally duped and ur brain is poisoned. Itâs a sure fire way to completely annihilate a lot more species in the area than mosquitoes. They are a major food source in the food web.
Stop corporations from killing the planet.
@andrewkeeton3627
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
Life⊠finds a way
@charleyedwards2121
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
fuck mosquitos and ticks
@kevinloeffler4336
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
I didn't know names or terms, but I DID know about the mosquito whose larvae were cannibalistic! I was waiting for them to get mentioned đ
@Sunnydays204
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
Iâve been doing research over dragonflies and how they eat mosquitoes and flies and prevent diseases in livestock for two years now, and I am about to start implementing different things into farmers ecosystems to be able to attract dragonflies to prevent the diseases that vector such as mosquitoes and flies transmit. Iâve interviewed all the farmer in my area and 36% of them have lost livestock due to vectors. I plan to further this project and maybe one day be an aquatic entomologist I love your videos Lindsey tune in for every one!!! P.S. Iâm 16 and started this at 14 so this is my life.
@MONKEYGUY8504
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
Yeah look at the track record of stuff like this
@foxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
I am from buenos aires and I say kill em all!
@cozymonk
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
It's like the Krogan genophage.
@Jessica-v5f8p
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
11:28 everything has a place in the eco system.
@itsrexxyyy
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
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@itsrexxyyy
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
yeah sure cus this has worked every single time. like when Australia tried this with those bugs that were eating all the plants lmao
@Heavilymoderated
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
My thoughts are: fk google. Theyâre evil, and I think opposing anything they do is probably gonna be the correct move.
@LyzLocked
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
Man, f*ck those specific mosquito genera! Those elephant ones tho, they're bros
@anymaru
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
I really don't like mosquitoes, they're the worst most challenging part of camping or being out in the wilderness. Playing god and totally getting rid of an entire species is wrong and won't turn out well. They're part of the cycle of life, part of the environment. Humans are so arrogant.
@wawaplants
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
i absolutely adore the nuance thats introduced into the central question of this video, its probably my favorite thing about science
@SS-ke6oq
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
Iâm just imagining the mosquitoes theyâre releasing that are sterile are just super hunky mosquitoes and the wild female mosquitoes are just going to get some wonderful eye candy out of this
@anymaru
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
I like the information and content from this channel. I can not stand the annoying clicking sound when she changes the slide. Can you not edit that out? I can't watch these videos. The clicking drives me insane.
@JuanitaSalter-n5l
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
As much as I HATE mosquitoes
They are wildly important to the ecosystem. Just spray on some skin so soft and keep it moving guys. Let's stop trying to eradicate integral parts of the ecosystem.
@h3r0ofhyrule
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
Iâm from Buenos Aires, and I say: âKill âem all!â
@remilovely
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
people kill the most people, not animals, people and now these same people are funding such a project. I believe in science and that it probably works in this case but I don't trust the man who is funding it, at some point he will use it for his own benefit and, like oops, accidentally transmit some diseases. It is obvious that they are not interested in the betterment of man so I will not give them such weapons. Everything that is advertised to people in the end turns out to have a primary function in warfare, i.e. killing a large number of people. No thanks. And there is not just one solution, maybe find another one that is not funded by Bill Gates and the like.
@stefanieohrt6696
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
I shared some of your mosquito facts on my date today. Same guy I used the orca salmon hats info on. Our second date is this weekend. So đŻ success thus far. đ
@The_Merlin_Island
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
I got chicinguya or dengue in Ecuador in 2014 and I still don't know which one it was. I'm actually terrified of these mosquitoes and hate them with a burning passion.
@wheelbite9
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
All my homies hate aedes aegypti.
@ninetailskwami
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
this year i'm literally getting bit multiple times a day inside of my own house đđđ
@Skeletonofsociety2025
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
The real question is why are you wearing a hat inside your house like youâll get sunburned ????????????? đđ
@Johnny_Shields
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
Yes.
@arielramirezalvarez2502
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
And then you have CIA introducing hemorrhagic dengue in "enemy" territories just for being evil.
@CommanderShepard-wq3wo
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
0:46
FUCK MOSQUITOES!
If I had the power to make them all go extinct at the snap of my fingers, i would.
Anybody defending these Godforsaken prices of shit, will be mocked 6 ways from Sunday đ€
@Ziggy203
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
This video was so enlightening and I love it. However, watching you flirt on webcam was definitely the best part đ„ș Such a strong AF independent cutie haha!
@CommanderShepard-wq3wo
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
âShould mosquitoes go extinc-â
Y E S ! ! ! đ€
@bonnieboo2159
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
Back in my day, Google was just a search engine. Now they're making genetically modified mosquitoes. Wild.
EDIT: I am now aware after watching the full video that they are NOT genetically modified. But still wild nonetheless. đ
@donavonzerbest9530
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
Bonus fact: High frequency sounds don't effect mosquitoes. It's pseudo science.
Two best modern at home solutions: bug zappers or citronella candles.
@JohnDrummondPhoto
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
Aedes aegypti is an invasive species that has no natural business in North America. So, I have no ethical problem with eliminating them. Release the sterile males!!
@Gothicdollie666
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
Bro I canât stand google they always doing something evil bro and releasing millions of misquotes is down right evil and absolutely no point burn google.
@calecbrayers3739
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
Another reason to point at slavery and go, "This bad!"
@AkaruAbsolution
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
You said you wouldn't be sympathetic to mosquitos but when you said that when a mosquito bites you its a "wicked woman that's pregnant" that made me sympathize with them. She just has weird pregnancy cravings………. that's relatable………
@native405pride
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
Theyâll just evolve to use parthenogenesis. They been around way longer than us so theyâll probably evolve into something way worse.
@punkytay
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
didnât realize how much i hate the word âpupateâ until you said it ngl
@theyoutubeidiot6203
June 30, 2026 at 2:38 am
Heads up for all the other stoners in the audience. When she says that mosquitoes lay eggs in stagnant water, yes that also means if you leave your bong outside for too long you could end up with mosquito eggs in that bitch. Happened to my brother, nastiest shit Iâve ever seen
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