Bee to [email protected]English • 2 months agoDrug turns human blood into poison for mosquitoes.news.nd.eduexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1175cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1175external-linkDrug turns human blood into poison for mosquitoes.news.nd.eduBee to [email protected]English • 2 months agomessage-square30fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 months ago When mosquitoes drink blood that contains nitisinone, the drug also blocks this crucial HPPD enzyme in their bodies. This prevents the mosquitoes from properly digesting the blood, causing them to quickly die. This is starving not poisoning.
minus-squaredavadlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoIf you look at the mechanisms of poisons, they all mess up some process in the animal or plant. For example, Glyphosate is a very effective herbicide. It prevents plants from producing some amino aids. It “starves” the plant.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•2 months agoThis has the same vibe as “the bullet didn’t kill them, it was the blood loss that got them”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoWhat if the mosquito can’t drink so it goes for a protein bar instead?
This is starving not poisoning.
If you look at the mechanisms of poisons, they all mess up some process in the animal or plant.
For example, Glyphosate is a very effective herbicide. It prevents plants from producing some amino aids. It “starves” the plant.
This has the same vibe as “the bullet didn’t kill them, it was the blood loss that got them”
What if the mosquito can’t drink so it goes for a protein bar instead?
Sounds like both?