In the article A World Without Mosquitoes, the author Janet Fang talks about the pros and cons of having mosquitoes eradicated. One point Janet Fang makes is that "If there were a benefit to having mosquitoes around, we would have found a way to exploit them. We haven't wanted anything from mosquitoes except for them to go away." (Dina Fonseca) This is a very valid point and is backed up by facts about how mosquitoes don't fill a roll that can't already be fulfilled by another species. However, she goes on to say "The ecological effect of eliminating harmful mosquitoes is that you have more people. That’s the consequence."(Strickman). I tend to agree more with Strickman because I think population control is a very important thing. I saw a National Geographic that talked about how the population is rising really fast. I think that is a very real problem that could lead to our impending doom. Mosquitoes help with that and eradicating them would only hurt us more in the long term. I believe that death is an important part of ecological health and that idea applies to humans as well. Over all I disagree with eradicating mosquitoes.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Should All Mosquitoes Die?
Do you hate mosquitoes? Because I really don’t like them at all. They’re nasty parasites that bite you, spread diseases, and make you itch in uncomfortable places. Mosquitoes don't fill an important roll other than spreading diseases and keeping various populations controlled, so why do we keep them around? Well, that’s a good question.
In the article A World Without Mosquitoes, the author Janet Fang talks about the pros and cons of having mosquitoes eradicated. One point Janet Fang makes is that "If there were a benefit to having mosquitoes around, we would have found a way to exploit them. We haven't wanted anything from mosquitoes except for them to go away." (Dina Fonseca) This is a very valid point and is backed up by facts about how mosquitoes don't fill a roll that can't already be fulfilled by another species. However, she goes on to say "The ecological effect of eliminating harmful mosquitoes is that you have more people. That’s the consequence."(Strickman). I tend to agree more with Strickman because I think population control is a very important thing. I saw a National Geographic that talked about how the population is rising really fast. I think that is a very real problem that could lead to our impending doom. Mosquitoes help with that and eradicating them would only hurt us more in the long term. I believe that death is an important part of ecological health and that idea applies to humans as well. Over all I disagree with eradicating mosquitoes.
In the article A World Without Mosquitoes, the author Janet Fang talks about the pros and cons of having mosquitoes eradicated. One point Janet Fang makes is that "If there were a benefit to having mosquitoes around, we would have found a way to exploit them. We haven't wanted anything from mosquitoes except for them to go away." (Dina Fonseca) This is a very valid point and is backed up by facts about how mosquitoes don't fill a roll that can't already be fulfilled by another species. However, she goes on to say "The ecological effect of eliminating harmful mosquitoes is that you have more people. That’s the consequence."(Strickman). I tend to agree more with Strickman because I think population control is a very important thing. I saw a National Geographic that talked about how the population is rising really fast. I think that is a very real problem that could lead to our impending doom. Mosquitoes help with that and eradicating them would only hurt us more in the long term. I believe that death is an important part of ecological health and that idea applies to humans as well. Over all I disagree with eradicating mosquitoes.
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