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 Say what?
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05/06/21 04:33 PM
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hook_n_line
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Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: Say what?
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05/06/21 04:45 PM
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Birdboy
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Sounds like a plan to me.
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Re: Say what?
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05/06/21 07:16 PM
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MClark
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I have a friend involved with gene modification in mosquitoes, make the next generation sterile. She said when released in the wild it works almost all the time but occasionally get something strange.
Ask her about hogs. She said a mosquito that is huge and angry you can swat. A hog could eat you.
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Re: Say what?
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05/06/21 08:08 PM
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BbarVRanch
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Wasn't that the idea behind the screw worm program?
It worked for them.
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Re: Say what?
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05/06/21 08:29 PM
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Re: Say what?
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05/06/21 09:03 PM
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Double Naught Spy
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Gene Drives:
It does work for the screw worms and they are hoping it will work for mosquitoes. The thing with the screw worms is that it is a continuous fight.
Currently, the screw worm program involves releasing nearly 15 million sterile screw worms a year at a choke point in Panama. They have a factory there that grows screw worms 24/7/365 for this task.
To date, I don't know of a higher vertebrate program that has ever worked for controlling a population. For example, there has been no success in dealing with urban rat infestations in places like NYC.
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Re: Say what?
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05/07/21 09:43 PM
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I have a friend involved with gene modification in mosquitoes, make the next generation sterile. She said when released in the wild it works almost all the time but occasionally get something strange.
Ask her about hogs. She said a mosquito that is huge and angry you can swat. A hog could eat you. 
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Re: Say what?
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05/07/21 09:55 PM
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Creekrunner
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Gene Drives:
It does work for the screw worms and they are hoping it will work for mosquitoes. The thing with the screw worms is that it is a continuous fight.
Currently, the screw worm program involves releasing nearly 15 million sterile screw worms a year at a choke point in Panama. They have a factory there that grows screw worms 24/7/365 for this task.
To date, I don't know of a higher vertebrate program that has ever worked for controlling a population. For example, there has been no success in dealing with urban rat infestations in places like NYC. Who knew??? Obviously D.N.Spy did. THIS is why I come on here. 'Learn something new every day on here.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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