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In response to "Can I ask how you voted? Or how they propose to abate the skeeters? " by Candidate Vermin

I voted for it. I'm very anti-skeeter. There going to try a combination of fish that eat the larvae (can't remember the fish name) and releasing

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Nov 4 '08, 14:54

sterile males. It worked successfully a decade ago and then after a while they abandoned the program as it seemed to no longer be a need. So of course, in due time, the skeeter population has rebounded a bit.

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Nice. Part of me definitely cringes at the idea of purposefully messing with an ecosystem, but I also hates dem skeeters. -- nm - Votin' Vermin, torn Nov 4, 14:59 3
- Yeah, but to borrow a popular current political phrase, West Nile virus in skeeters became a "game changer" -- nm - crash davis Nov 4, 15:06 2
  - I would imagine! We don't get that up here... yet! - Candidate Vermin Nov 4, 15:12 1
    - I remember one summer in Bethel, a Yupik pointed out to the bush and said "white boy like you shouldn't go out there, mosquitos kill you" :) - crash davis Nov 4, 15:16

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I voted for it. I'm very anti-skeeter. There going to try a combination of fish that eat the larvae (can't remember the fish name) and releasing

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