Now stay with me on this one……I’m not talking about a mass culling of pets or going around with a gun to lions, tigers and bears …..oh my……I’m talking about insects and creepy crawlies that are just annoying and irritating…what’s the point in keeping around spiders and ants…? (spiders are good for getting rid of pesky insects…) Well…correct me if I’m wrong….but if we get rid of those pesky insects….there wont be need for spiders….the same goes for snakes…It’s not like we actually need them or anything….I mean jeezz…..do you know how many creatures become extinct every week….every year……

I’m not being cold hearted….I just see it as common sense…why keep them around if they’re just going to bite you and kill you…..just imagine how much that little bit safer our lives would be if you could go to sleep knowing nothing’s going to get you…that safe happy feeling….wouldn’t you like that….hell….you could go out into the countryside with no fear of snakes and such…..that would be nice….ay...

I'm assuming that you are trying to be funny as the answer is pretty obvious...we are not the only creatures on this earth and even though we feel we have no use for these insects/creepy crawlies, they are an essential part of the food chain. Without all the little creepy crawlies (including snakes and spiders) the earth would die. Simple really.

I don't think you're looking at the 'big picture' of things. Sure these things are annoying, but they're all part of a finely tuned system that helps to keep everything running. When a bird drops of a branch for instance, dead, all those little insects and maggots and other assorted creepy crawlies come to clean it up. If there were no snakes, we'd get overrun with rats, mice and other various things.

Going to the countryside with no fear of snakes?? If you don't disturb them, they won't disturb you. We once had a carpet python find its way onto the roof once. Some wildlife guys came and got it down, it was an escaped pet. It was smooth to touch, had a good temperament, and didn't at all seem like it wanted to bite anyone (but it was a non-venomous snake, so its not say you'd want to make friends with a copper head for instance).

In short, these things are needed and we have to coexist with them. If you want to get rid of something, get rid of the wild cats, cane toads and introduced stuff.

When a bird drops of a branch for instance, dead, all those little insects and maggots and other assorted creepy crawlies come to clean it up.

Yeah...it's called decomposing.....look it up sometime.....if it dies in the wilderness....then it will get eaten by some kind of predator....or if it dies in the streets....it'll just get cleaned up......Do you know how long it takes for maggots and such to completely eat say.....a rat...weeks....it makes no real difference whether insects exist or not...

If there were no snakes, we'd get overrun with rats, mice and other various things.

Logic please....you kill off the rats.....no need for snakes.....etc...

Going to the countryside with no fear of snakes?? If you don't disturb them, they won't disturb you. We once had a carpet python find its way onto the roof once. Some wildlife guys came and got it down, it was an escaped pet. It was smooth to touch, had a good temperament, and didn't at all seem like it wanted to bite anyone (but it was a non-venomous snake, so its not say you'd want to make friends with a copper head for instance).

Yeah and what about every other Joe in the world that does get bitten by them....it's simply just one less problem for us to think about...Look at the rate in which creatures on this planet are already becoming extinct because of us….it’s just one more for the pile…





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I'm well aware of decomposition. But what would you rather, smelly animal corpses lying around breeding disease, or having them cleaned up?

What part of "it takes weeks for maggots to completely eat a rat don't you understand.....? It literally will stink either way....whether it's full of bugs or not..

In any case, while you're exterminating the snakes to save us from the grave threat, please find a cure for cancer, stop terrorism, bring world peace, prevent car accidents, cure obesity...

I’m just bringing up one solution…..do you always have to go to the extremity of things….world poverty….terrorism etc….this is just one idea…..simple and effective….moral? well who honestly gives a (……) about bugs….truth be told….

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Without insects, birds would die and bees woud no longer pollinate and plants would disappear. Without insects, we would starve.

Everything is connected in this world... breaking the chain would be catastrophic.

Originally posted by andre18

Now stay with me on this one……I’m not talking about a mass culling of pets or going around with a gun to lions, tigers and bears …..oh my……I’m talking about insects and creepy crawlies that are just annoying and irritating…what’s the point in keeping around spiders and ants…? (spiders are good for getting rid of pesky insects…) Well…correct me if I’m wrong….but if we get rid of those pesky insects….there wont be need for spiders….the same goes for snakes…It’s not like we actually need them or anything….I mean jeezz…..do you know how many creatures become extinct every week….every year……

I’m not being cold hearted….I just see it as common sense…why keep them around if they’re just going to bite you and kill you…..just imagine how much that little bit safer our lives would be if you could go to sleep knowing nothing’s going to get you…that safe happy feeling….wouldn’t you like that….hell….you could go out into the countryside with no fear of snakes and such…..that would be nice….ay...

As mentioned before in this thread, they all belong to an important ecosystem that has existed on earth for millions of years. A system that is being destroyed by the very presence of careless modern day humans such as yourself.

So basically what it boils down to is - these creatures you wish eradicated have more of a right to exist on this planet than you do.

Oh and one more thing......sort......your.....grammar......out.

Thanks for that last link, that's some awesome pictures of those spiders. I'm from Australia as well, so I know what we have here.

I don't think I'm able to understand your point of view. I'm the type of person that catches spiders and centipedes and puts them back outside.

It is terrible that people are bitten by snakes. I'm not sure what wiping out an entire species will accomplish though.

It seems like a very odd, skewed view of things.

Look at it this way:

We kill the ants, some birds die that would normally eat these ants. Some animals would die that normally eat the birds. Then we kill the spiders off, more birds would die that would normally eat those and so on. If we kill the snakes off then many eagles and hawks would die that normally eat them, our world would then be taken over by rodents that are normally eaten by snakes and hawks and eagles. If we kill all the bees we will be killing ourselves, nothing would get pollinated and so on. Each living creature depends on another creature to keep us going.

Hilda

I feel sorry for you man, I really do. I don't think you'll find the ego boost you're looking for here.