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[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Then a mosquito the size of a basketball shows up and drinks you like a Capri Sun.

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

At least they are large enough to be a target for an AR-15

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Fucking Cazadors

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 day ago

Need one to defend yourself from 30-50 Carboniferous mosquitoes

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

(There are no mosquitoes known from the Carboniferous or anywhere even close. Even the disputed dates fall 175 million years after the end of the Carboniferous.)

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Makes sense; there wouldn't have been any flowers or tetrapods for them to suck on yet.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago