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jacko - 19/11/11 at 05:43 PM

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-11/mutant-mosquitoes-nearly-wipe-out-their-population-and-diseases-they-carry
Hi all my Mother found one of these in Hull has anyone else have a read

Jacko


daviep - 19/11/11 at 05:56 PM

Your mum found a genetically modified mosquito?

How did she tell?


owelly - 19/11/11 at 06:05 PM

I think we had our tom cat 'genetially' modified......


jacko - 19/11/11 at 06:24 PM

quote:
Originally posted by daviep
Your mum found a genetically modified mosquito?

How did she tell?

She asked it silly

It may or may not be it just looks exactly like the one in the link


daviep - 19/11/11 at 06:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jacko
quote:
Originally posted by daviep
Your mum found a genetically modified mosquito?

How did she tell?

She asked it silly

It may or may not be it just looks exactly like the one in the link


Sorry to spoil the fun but the piture in the article is just a random picture from flickr which may or may not be a mosquito.

See HERE

Davie


owelly - 19/11/11 at 07:00 PM

Not true. The one in the OPs article clearly has a tiny elastic band around its nut sack.


jacko - 19/11/11 at 07:05 PM

Well what ever it is it will be Dead soon


Peteff - 19/11/11 at 07:16 PM

It glowed in the dark


Mark Allanson - 19/11/11 at 07:56 PM

Our local hardware shop sells mosquito coils, but I expect they are dreadfully difficult to fit.


Peteff - 20/11/11 at 09:23 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
Our local hardware shop sells mosquito coils, but I expect they are dreadfully difficult to fit.


Keeping old aircraft in the air is easier now the spares are becoming more available though.


Daddylonglegs - 20/11/11 at 11:17 AM

They're easy to spot, they're 4 times the size of normal mozzies and turn green when pi$$ed off so they can beat the c**p out of the comptetion so they always get their girl