If you had to exterminate three types of animals -which ones would they be?
None is not an answer so please! Humans are not part of the choice. What criteria would you use?

Me?

I'd get rid of parasitic worms, snakes and rats.

BTW
I was tempted to say the chimp based on its nasty predisposition.

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Mosquitoes would be at the top of my list.

Mosquitoes, Black Flys and Cockroaches.

Spiders, any insect they eat so they don't grow in numbers, but honestly who here likes those things. I saw arnachopia as a youngin' and I hate spiders to this day. I mean there is nothing to like about them. They are creepy, crawly, and UGLY. First they walk on ceilings, they have a crap load of eyes, they love the dark, they HAVE FANGS, need I say more, they also spin stuff out of the stuff that come out of their back end. I know we might never have a spiderman but it's a risk I am willing to take.

Crabs, Pinworms and Lice. All of which, by the way, are driving me crazy at this very moment! :mad:

Too much!

Spiders, any insect they eat so they don't grow in numbers, but honestly who here likes those things. I saw arnachopia as a youngin' and I hate spiders to this day. I mean there is nothing to like about them. They are creepy, crawly, and UGLY. First they walk on ceilings, they have a crap load of eyes, they love the dark, they HAVE FANGS, need I say more, they also spin stuff out of the stuff that come out of their back end. I know we might never have a spiderman but it's a risk I am willing to take.

I agree about their appearance. Add all those eyes and you really have an alien among us. I would definitely not miss them. On top of that some of them can send you to infnity with just one bite and have this nasty habit of getting into your footwear. Ever see the film "The Shrinking Man"? His problem was this spider who wanted to make him his next meal.

BTW
I don't mind their webs that much.

Eeewww, no that sounds really really creapy and I like to sleep lol

Mosquitoes, Black Flys and Cockroaches.

A perfect trifecta

Worms.Yes I know they help the soil,but my sister put one in my spagetti,when I was young, as a joke.yuk.
Oh,and not forgetting wasps.They go mad when you swat them,and they just ruin a perfect late summers afternoon. :(

I heard worms are good for you. Many people eat them and are still alive today. Protein is very important you know. (;

Are we suspending all rules of ecology, food chains and all that? Some of the candidates up for extinction will make it impossible for other species to exist. I mean I would love to never see another mosquito for the rest of my life but this is a bit like pulling a random thread in a beautifully woven quilt, isn't it?

All things considered, I would say:
1. Sheltland Ponies (bad tempered and safe bet there about the food chain LOL)
2. Slugs (big eeeeeewwwwwww and who cares who else that eliminates!)
3. Those big B-52 Bomber variety of Bumble Bee (which scientists say shouldn't be able to fly anyway so hopefully no species would miss them either)

Okay okay Magpie, you win the gross-out contest, gawd!

Rats, mice, flys

I hate;

Rats
Flies
Mice
Telemarketers

Are we suspending all rules of ecology, food chains and all that?

I thought that's what the question was. I do know that many spiders and other insects play an important part.

Does anyone know what critters named here so far have no known benefit to ecology, food chains, etc.

Truly what benefit does the MOSQUITO have??

None I hope, I hate those things!

LOL Good one Tal; I confess to having an easier time considering what kinds of homo sapiens I could do without than this LOL

Ooooh ouch, but so right they are as annoying as a rat

Oh oh oh I forgot EARWIGS!!

Dragonflies eat mosquitoes?? :eek:

I love dragonflies, so I guess we have to keep mosquitoes.

Cassie, I agree. I forgot completely about earwigs. They are very annoying pests and they like invading my old home on the east coast. Mosquitos is another creature that will never go away on the east coast. Too much moisture.

Joe

Rick:Flea bites rat... rat bites human... plague,and epidemic... at least that's what happened in the middle-ages.Neither fleas,or rats are good for the food chain. :eek:

My vote goes for the telemarketers.

Cockroaches, mice, horseflys

In that order!!

The telemarketers better watch out for you. LOL

When I proposed to my wife. On the beach. Guess what was attacking me? (Horseflys) Ouch!

Just get rid of the bugs... take them all... all of the insects and arachnids. Birds will still have worms. Anything else that needs them will figure out something else. I'll pollinate my own dang trees... LOL

Yup mosquitos are actually very important for the food chain. Swallows eat them too.

I love the telemarketers LOL. I would get rid of door-to-door vacuum salesman too, and anyone who was intolerant and nasty to others for no good reason.

Seriously though, I'd be happy if there were no carpet beetles, silverfish, or those gross worms that I keep finding in my wooden cupboards that get into the oatmeal. Eww.

Chava,

Did you ever have a problem with silverfish? The reason why I asked is I was first introduced too these criters like two years ago. Never seen them before. Of course I checked on the net and found out exactly what it was. I see them on a regular basis now.

Joe

Yes Joe I've lived in several places that were infested with silverfish. Especially as a kid, when I was with my biological mother, we were on welfare and lived in subsidized housing, where the little critters seemed to thrive. They're not the grossest bug I've ever seen, actually they're kind of interesting, and roaches are a lot worse. But I associate them with the poverty I experienced as a child, so they don't evoke very positive memories!

Chava,

Well I have heard they are more prominent in older buildings or houses. I would rather have these silverfish then anything else to be quite honestly they are a lot better then earwigs and cockroaches the later never had a problem with. Thank goodness.

Cockroaches--exterminate--exterminate
Quoted from the Daleks-DR. WHO

Cockroaches get the top vote.

They say cockroaches are the hardiest species of insect there are and can even survive an atomic explosion!(shivering with sudden fear!)

I do not know if I can live with that fear. Now I am going to try to eat without getting sick. );

Scary

I do not know if I can live with that fear. Now I am going to try to eat without getting sick. );

GOOD LUCK! (scared to turn on kitcen light)

Yes cockroaches are disgusting! Actually I never saw one though growing up... I saw my first roach when I went to southern Ontario as an adult. Apparently where I'm living in Canada is far enough north that roaches are not common, even in older buildings. Maybe you guys should move here! ;)

OH YES! I HATE EARWIGS! They are eating my garden.

Potato Bugs! Yuck!!

OHH I knew rats were not good for anything

I heard worms are good for you. Many people eat them and are still alive today. Protein is very important ya know. (;

On a Geraldo Rivera documentary certain the USA special forces were required to eat earthworms as part of their training for survival in the wild. The instructor started by heating them on a frying pan and mixed them with eggs before requiring the trainees to eat them alive and completely raw. Geraldo ate some as well, both slightly cooked and raw just to prove he too could stomach them. So I guess the protein content can add up. But you would have to eat plenty. Also, the are no eggs pepper or salt in the wild. In any case, I wouldn't mind their going extinct as long as their absence doesn't affect me in some drastic way.

Bats eat a lot of mosquitos. I see'em swooping all the time at dusk.

I can't think of any use for these:
Moles.
Killer Bees.
Fire Ants.

Bats eat alot of mosquitos. I see'em swooping all the time at dusk.

I can't think of any use for these:
Moles.
Killer Bees.
Fire Ants.

One person I spoke to suggested getting rid of sharks so that humans can go to the beach and not have to worry about losing a limb or dying.

Oooooh yeah, fire ants, terrible beasts - good choice!

Leave the sharks alone.

I swim in lakes and pools and hope there are no GATORS around, Can you believe we got gators in Texas?? Go figure. Forgot about Fire ants they are everywhere and they have lousy personalities and bite and run in packs, nobody messes with them, NOBODY