Ok but I still think the mosquito thing is worth a try. I’m even willing to live alongside wasps but mosquitoes gotta go!
The mosquito thing is known to be false, and people only ever talk about extinguishing half a dozen species of them at most, that are invasive on most parts.
Half a dozen out of 6k+ lmao
I call BS on at least some of those claims. Citation or GTFO
The mosquito one is absolutely BS, there’s 6k+ species of mosquitoes but only like a couple bite humans
The bats and shit will be fine, it’s time to eradicate mosquitoes!
Agreed. There is a method that is simple, cheap, and non-toxic (to everything else).
The small section of mosquitoes that bite humans actually don’t serve a critical niche like that, and just spread disease. Why the idea has been floated at sterilizing them.
What would happen if bedbugs went extinct? Other than mass celebrations, I mean.
I would gladly feed the birds and bats to be rid of mosquitoes.
Just breed a competitive species that is genetically averse to human pheramones
If humans went extinct, the planet gets better?
There would be no one left to value it as such. It would simply continue to exist.
Tremendously! We’re like a tumour
Open Ecofacism in the comments, what have we come to.
Let’s hear it, what group of people are you suggesting we “excise”, brown shirt?
OK, but all the ticks can go die in a fire
How about they all die in a chicken tummy
Explain humans. Checkmate, scientists!
Humanity is the CEO of earth.
Counterpoint: animals which are clearly not intelligently designed, like pandas and horses
Nothing evolves to have a purpose, something just mutated by chance that happens to serve a beneficial function to the environment and other organisms
Also I’m pretty sure birds, bats and plants can eat other bugs
What’s the statistics on bug food for birds and plants ?
Diets are highly species specific, but mosquitos are generally less than 3% of the diet for most birds and bats. Too small, don’t fly around at the correct time of day/night, and pretty agile, so they aren’t supper important for most birds and bats.
Also, usually they hatch in the billions all at once and die within a few weeks so there’s a very limited amount of time that they even can be preyed on as food. Their strategy (many of them, not all species) is to overwhelm any predators with numbers.
I thought some of the specific mosquitoes that prey on humans can be killed with little side effects. Or is that just my cognitive bias dreaming of a better world
Roaches? What?
Smoking roaches gets you high.
And that’s important to the nitrogen cycle?
Yeah, if the nitrogen cycle wants to get stoned
There are thousands of species of cockroach on earth, and like a dozen that can be invasive in human homes. It’s okay to kill the invasive ones, there wouldn’t be as many of them in as many places without us anyway.
Sounds like something a wasp would say
Species do not exist for a purpose. They are important in their ecosystem, that’s all.
And even if they don’t have a role, that doesn’t make their existence any less valuable.
I absolutely like pests!
I like them to stay out of my house, mostly.
But you know, all the other stuff that helps keep us alive is a big bonus, too.
If screworms went extinct there wouldn’t be any animals starving… same with a lot of pests. guinea worm for example.
