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minus-squaresynicalx@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days ago The females use she/it pronouns. Correct me if I’m wrong here, but to the best of my knowledge I don’t think mosquitos have the concept of language.
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoHumans do. And according to human rules on language, it’s she and it. She if you’re under the illusion that mosquitoes have gender identities. It if you want to be scientifically accurate. Certainly he would be misleading.
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days ago… about that: https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/news/infection-biologist-who-decodes-‘language’-of-mosquitoes-and-pathogens-named-one-of
Correct me if I’m wrong here, but to the best of my knowledge I don’t think mosquitos have the concept of language.
Humans do. And according to human rules on language, it’s she and it. She if you’re under the illusion that mosquitoes have gender identities. It if you want to be scientifically accurate. Certainly he would be misleading.
… about that:
https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/news/infection-biologist-who-decodes-‘language’-of-mosquitoes-and-pathogens-named-one-of