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Mimic
1997 · Film · 105 min
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic_(film)
That reminds me of the old movie Mimic, in which supposedly sterile insects are released to prey on other insects transmitting a disease to children. The infertility part didn't work and it got messy.
The "What could possibly go wrong?" is a question we need to be asking on almost everything.
This is why we look both ways when we cross a one-way street.
The weak point in this case is that this happened initially in Brazil (below average on: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-corrupt-countries), and now in Florida.
Although I 'trust' US, I cannot forget of the legalized bribing called "Lobbying". When $bn roll, politicians roll over. USA is also missing from the above list.
In this specific case, in the worst case, an aerial mosquito spraying plane can fix this in a couple of days, killing majority of insects in the area (even the beneficial ones) and the 'damage' is contained. It's not like they will evolve to become "Mimic" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119675/) within a couple of weeks.
Haven’t they seen the movie Mimic?! Shudders
Isn't this basically how Mimic starts? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic_(film)#Plot)
Reminds me of the movie Mimic. What would we have to change for roaches to grow to be man-sized?
If I remember right, the movie scientists were mainly concerned about how the critters would get enough air.
http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0021.html
Natural history suggests the same, long before us when the air was a lot more oxygen rich, bugs were a lot bigger!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meganeura