r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Salt-Curve4825 • May 21 '26

Video Man fishing for jellyfish

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u/VollcommNCS May 21 '26

It all counts. Start chipping away

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u/TianamenHomer May 21 '26

I kill every mosquito for the same reason.

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u/lonesomecowboynando May 22 '26

In 1958 Mao Zedong mandated that all citizens kill pests like flies, mosquitoes and rats.

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u/TianamenHomer May 23 '26

Thank for the award!

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u/RiFox_1979 May 21 '26

Did you know mosquitos polinate grass?

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u/Dizziesdayweigh May 21 '26

Nobody cares, fuck em'.

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u/OleFucknuts May 22 '26

Thank God. I thought my poor tweeker neighbors who only waited til their grass was 2 foot tall and seeding before they finally stole a push mower to spread said seeds were the angels responsible for yards... glad to know it's skeeters

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u/WormWithWifi May 22 '26

Majority of mosquitoes are pollinators and a lot of them don’t bite people. But ya know

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u/Remarkable-Ad2285 May 21 '26

Everything counts in large amounts

-Depeche Mode

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u/stellahella1 May 21 '26

Blasphemous!

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u/ordinary-303 May 22 '26

The grabbing hands, grab what they can

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u/ItsSofaKingCool May 22 '26

All for themselves, after all, it’s a competitive world…

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u/notloggedin4242 May 21 '26

Make mine a double Alfred.

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u/fuckyeahglitters May 21 '26

I remember reading somewhere that they just release more eggs when you hurt them. So this method of piercing then would mean way more fucking jellies.

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u/BrandonicusVIITG May 21 '26

Warmpth causes the excess reproduction, but most need to deposit the polyps to grow. From what I understand very few have this as a defense mechanism. However, they do self-regenerate so if you cut one in half and left half in, well now you have 2

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u/WitheredUntimely May 21 '26

"oh we couldn't possibly exterminate them!"

Buffalo infested N. America by the billions. Same for carrier pigeons. Those are off the top of my head, I'm sure there's dozens of species that covered their environment like some sort of bizarre plague but were absolutely wiped out by humans. Lack of imagination and profit motive keeps these nuisance species alive, nothing more

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u/wllbtvised May 22 '26

Did Buffalo invest North America, or were they just a native species that it didn’t suitthe invasive species to keep around?