Name a animal that you believe serves no purpose in our ecosystem

[WhatUpBro]

skunks

That's where we get the Alpha Cologne from.

[Sublime82]

mosquitoes for sure

only thing i can think of that serves no purpose at all

Vectors for parasites lawl

[Klc123]

mosquitoes for sure

only thing i can think of that serves no purpose at all

A vector for one of the most deadly diseases which keeps population numbers from reaching too high and is a food source for scavengers.

Biology student and university here, every single organism has a purpose in the ecosystem, whether it is to be eaten or to eat others doesn't matter. That is how evolution works in ecosystems and in the biosphere.

[matpat3000]

A vector for one of the most deadly diseases which keeps population numbers from reaching too high and is a food source for scavengers.

Biology student and university here, every single organism has a purpose in the ecosystem, whether it is to be eaten or to eat others doesn't matter. That is how evolution works in ecosystems and in the biosphere.

explain wasps for reps

[angryguywalking]

Stick insect

Good luck

[Nutcase]

^op

[HansF]

[CLEAN_SET_OF_10]

Quite possibly seed dispersal.

Edit: Just read they eat leaves.. So idunnolol

[Ed_Norton_fan]

Umm... how about all the stupid breeds of dogs that serve no purpose and were created as plush toys for rich people. Those things couldn't even survive in the wild any more

[Captain Harris]

negroes

[Diab0lic]

Um mosquitoes, like other flies, spend most of their life in the larval stage. Fly and mosquito larvae are not only a massive food source for everything from insects to fish to birds, but they are huge contributors to the removal of decaying matter and consumption of pests, etc. The adult forms are usually short lived and serve mostly to quickly breed and lay more eggs.

Cockroaches are massive consumers of waste and decaying material as well

BRB neck deep in rotting turds if there's no flies or roaches.

Wasps are major predators themselves as well as being hosts and food to a variety of other parasitic and predatory species.

[WTFman]

the wild virginous miscer
very common around this parts

[Zakarot]

public lice/crabs.

[Misc_Lurker]

negroes

and... here... we... go..

[proatsbrah]

Salmonella bacteria (pretty sure amoebas are considered animals) therefore salmonella should be too

[exoh]

Humanity, Ecosystem's cancer.

but wait humans are not animals.

[EN0]

Pandas! Aren't they basically too unfit to survive?

[userofpeace1111]

Yellow jackets/hornets
I don't think that they make up a substantial part of any animal's diets. There are plenty of other insects that insect eating animals can feed on.

Humanity, Ecosystem's cancer.

but wait humans are not animals.

Repped for best answer.
I think we are animals. Something is either a plant or an animal. I think the definition of an animal is anything with a central nervous system.

[saggies]

Salmonella bacteria (pretty sure amoebas are considered animals) therefore salmonella should be too

they actually belong to kingdom protista not animalia

[ChingyEyes]

Fleas

[travellingbrah]

Useless little ****ers make me rage hard

[travellingbrah]

Yellow jackets/hornets
I don't think that they make up a substantial part of any animal's diets. There are plenty of other insects that insect eating animals can feed on.


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I think we are animals. Something is either a plant or an animal. I think the definition of an animal is anything with a central nervous system.

HONEY is awesome and if you've ever had any fresh from the hive. straight orgasm...

[userofpeace1111]

Useless little ****ers make me rage hard

Ants are a major food source for some animals (i.e. anteater). So a reduction in the ant population could affect species other than just ants.

[KaTaNa111]

Useless little ****ers make me rage hard

these little fukkers are responsible for the majority of the turning of the soil

AKA they are one of the most necessary animals on the planet

[Klc123]

explain wasps for reps

Wasps are one of the most important ones in everyday life...

They are in the insect world an apex predator, nothing messes with them. One wasp nest can effectively keep down insect populations in square kilometre. The only things that would threaten a wasp are relatively large spiders...

They are also important in getting rid of rotten fruit towards the end of summer as they use it to feed their hatchlings.

[frozenbarb]

MOSQUITOES. Came in to post this pos.

[Mrlovebear124]

Jellyfish

[userofpeace1111]

HONEY is awesome and if you've ever had any fresh from the hive. straight orgasm...

I never said honeybees!
Just aggresive species of bees which don't produce honey

Jellyfish

Large food source for sea turtles

[EN0]

HONEY is awesome and if you've ever had any fresh from the hive. straight orgasm...

travellingbrah giving travelling tips....REPPED

[ImpulsePainter]