Comments by "" (@BothHands1) on "Fire Ants Are Invading Hawaii, so Helicopters Are Blasting Them With Birth Control" video.

  1. Mr. Soup no it's not, it affects all insects that go through a larval stage of development, and was first used to prevent fly and mosquito larvae from developing. it's also toxic to aquatic wildlife, and since they're on a small island, the runoff has a very short distance to travel before reaching the oceans.
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  2. oh god, the tinfoil hats and flat earthers. they're everywhere
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  3. yeah, that was my first thought. won't their natural fauna also stop breeding? won't it cause other animals to start developing differently due to the hormones? won't the runoff get into the water supply, and possibly affect humans too? like reduced birth rates? and possibly cause various hormone-related birth defects?
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  4. upon further investigation of Altosid ( 5:01 ), the active chemical is (S)-methoprene, which is extremely toxic to aquatic wildlife, and prevents all insects that go through a larval stage from maturing past their larval stage. it's primarily used for mosquitoes and flies, but it seems to affect all insects that go through a larval stage. even if it doesn't affect the predatory insects they hope to protect, if you inadvertently kill off all their prey, they will starve. bees go through larval stages, so will also be affected. i understand the need to get rid of the ants, and i also don't have any better ideas for controlling the problem. but it seems that they may very well be ridding those areas of all insects, and the animals that eat those insects, and the plants that rely on those insects for pollination or nutrient recycling, etc. while it seems it doesn't have adverse effects on humans, other than skin irritation, it still seems like it might cause just as much damage as the ants themselves, if not more. and runoff into their waters could reduce the fish populations and disrupt entire ecosystems, like the birds that rely on catching ocean fish. it just seems so risky
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  5. cheese kimbap a sighting of a flying object that they couldn't identify is not the same as alien contact. probably just a russian spyplane test. just because it's unidentified doesn't mean it wasn't made by humans on earth.
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  6. Mr. Soup are you serious? they're trying to protect hawaii's native bee species. won't they also stop producing larvae?
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  7. love this comment <3
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  8. the queen doesn't even need to eat it. it prevents and larvae from developing into ants. all the larvae are fed by the worker ants throughout their development
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  9. Area Boy true
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