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What Would Happen if Mosquitoes Went Extinct?

Do mosquitoes serve a purpose in the ecosystem? As one of the most hated creatures on the planet, some people have wondered why we don't just kill them ALL? Let's unpack this issue, with SciShow! Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:   / scishow   Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Fatima Iqbal, Linnea Boyev, Kathy & Tim Philip, Kevin Bealer, Justin Lentz, Chris Peters, and Philippe von Bergen. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook:   / scishow   Twitter:   / scishow   Tumblr:   / scishow   Instagram:   / thescishow   ---------- Sources: History of War against Mosquitoes/DDT http://www.nature.com/news/2010/10072... http://www.panna.org/resources/ddt-story http://www.scientificamerican.com/art... Ecological Impacts http://www.nature.com/news/2010/10072... http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.or... http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/poll... Zika Mosquito http://www.cdc.gov/zika/transmission/... http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?opti... RNA Molecular Pesticide (killing) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18... Transgenic Male Mosquitoes -- self-limiting gene, kills offspring (killing) http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/art... http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/art... http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sci... http://www.oxitec.com/faqs/ Transgenic Mosquitoes -- gene drive, Anopheles (resistance to parasite) http://www.pnas.org/content/112/49/E6736 http://www.latimes.com/science/scienc... http://www.nature.com/news/gene-drive... http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/1... Wolbachia -- bacteria infection, Aedes (resistance to virus) http://www.scientificamerican.com/art... http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-re... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23... Wolbachia Parasite Superinfection -- preventing potential viral resistance http://www.eurekalert.org/emb_release... https://www.plos.org/wp-content/uploa... Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DD...