When mosquitoes drink blood that contains nitisinone, the drug also blocks this crucial HPPD enzyme in their bodies. This prevents the mosquitoes from properly digesting the blood, causing them to quickly die.

This is starving not poisoning.

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 33 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This has the same vibe as "the bullet didn't kill them, it was the blood loss that got them"

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What if the mosquito can’t drink so it goes for a protein bar instead?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

a mosquito walks into a protein bar...

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

The bartender says "why the long nose?x

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago

Sounds like both?

[–] davad@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

If you look at the mechanisms of poisons, they all mess up some process in the animal or plant.

For example, Glyphosate is a very effective herbicide. It prevents plants from producing some amino aids. It "starves" the plant.