Watch it, then love and fave in the hope of getting the Scratch Team and MIT involved.
I'd like to thank Scratch for giving me a way to vent on the mosquito. Also Google Images for providing most of the sprites And I'd like to thank Dr.Edward F. Kipling for providing the idea. Before everyone thinks I'm a genius for thinking this whole thing up, I'm a nerd, not a genius. and this technique was first used in 1954 to eliminate screw-worms of the 176 square-kilometre Island of Curaço. ==================================================== Note: Before some of the more tree-hugging of you lash out at me because apparently destroying mosquitoes would impact the ecosystem or whatever, I wold like to present you with this quote from nature.com: "In many cases, scientists acknowledge that the ecological scar left by a missing mosquito would heal quickly as the niche was filled by other organisms. Life would continue as before — or even better. When it comes to the major disease vectors, "it's difficult to see what the downside would be to removal, except for collateral damage", says insect ecologist Steven Juliano, of Illinois State University in Normal. A world without mosquitoes would be "more secure for us", says medical entomologist Carlos Brisola Marcondes from the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil. "The elimination of Anopheles would be very significant for mankind." To read the full article, copy this into your browser: http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a.html Thank you.
