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minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 hours agoYeah but humans do it on purpose a lot of the time. Plus I’m not really sure that being a disease carrier makes you an apex predator. Oh actually, how many people die from all human to human transmitted illnesses per year?
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·21 hours agoIf a venomous snake bites you and then you die then the snake is what killed you. Mosquitos eat people, man.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·21 hours agoA venomous snake produces venom, a mosquito is just a host for the virus. It gets nothing from killing you. Arguably it’s failed if it kills you as you’re no longer producing blood for it.
Yeah but humans do it on purpose a lot of the time.
Plus I’m not really sure that being a disease carrier makes you an apex predator.
Oh actually, how many people die from all human to human transmitted illnesses per year?
If a venomous snake bites you and then you die then the snake is what killed you. Mosquitos eat people, man.
A venomous snake produces venom, a mosquito is just a host for the virus. It gets nothing from killing you. Arguably it’s failed if it kills you as you’re no longer producing blood for it.