of course I do... where do you think the roaches go?carolinafishkeeper;744706; said:just a thaught.....so you don't feed your fish live food either i would presume
Should insects have rights?
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y'know.. keep in mind folks that insects as a whole OUTWEIGH the humans on this planet 8 to 1... ..I doubt we have to worry much about the bugs.
fishcatch22;744772; said:of course I do... where do you think the roaches go?
Any insect that invades my house sits before the Court of Wurm. All insects are subject to prejudice and are sentenced without trial to death by Bass. If an insect would like to appeal a ruling, they must wait a few days to pass the digestive system.
This is a rather interesting issue. Obviously, many of us who have no qualms dealing with reptiles have strong objections to many invertebrates...almost a similar attitude that most people feel towards reptiles. So does that make some of us hypocrites?
I, for one, hate roaches, and will kill them on sight. I just don't like them.
I second the various points others have already raised so far. Many insects (dragonflies, for example) are indeed endangered; but its much harder to monitor populations than with other types of animals. Now...regarding pest species like locusts, crickets, weavils, and roaches, etc...these insects are by no means endangered and unlike other "wild" species, their lives are very closely involved with human kind. They're almost like mice, rats, pigeons, ec; they're not "domesticated" persay, but 90% of their diet comes from living inside/near human dwellings. All of these animals are very prolific, and like I eluded to, they're just as endangered as rodents, or poultry.
So does that mean they still have no rights? I couldn't answer that...I would hate to see a world without dragonflies, but I could live without roaches. And it doesn't give me much pleasure knowing that roaches can survive high levels of radiation (along with ants, if I recall).
I, for one, hate roaches, and will kill them on sight. I just don't like them.
I second the various points others have already raised so far. Many insects (dragonflies, for example) are indeed endangered; but its much harder to monitor populations than with other types of animals. Now...regarding pest species like locusts, crickets, weavils, and roaches, etc...these insects are by no means endangered and unlike other "wild" species, their lives are very closely involved with human kind. They're almost like mice, rats, pigeons, ec; they're not "domesticated" persay, but 90% of their diet comes from living inside/near human dwellings. All of these animals are very prolific, and like I eluded to, they're just as endangered as rodents, or poultry.
So does that mean they still have no rights? I couldn't answer that...I would hate to see a world without dragonflies, but I could live without roaches. And it doesn't give me much pleasure knowing that roaches can survive high levels of radiation (along with ants, if I recall).
well.. even though they're disgusting, roaches are one of natures janitors...
crickets on the other hand are considered good luck, and I have some that hangout around my shop.. ..I like them.. when they're quiet I know there are ninjas afoot.
I have to agree though, I'd really hate to never see dragonflies again.. I remember once driving with my mom down some road when I was a kid and we were doing something close to 65 mph.. I looked out the window and there was a HUGE dragonfly cruising right along with us.. ..and then it zagged right and was gone..
crickets on the other hand are considered good luck, and I have some that hangout around my shop.. ..I like them.. when they're quiet I know there are ninjas afoot.
I have to agree though, I'd really hate to never see dragonflies again.. I remember once driving with my mom down some road when I was a kid and we were doing something close to 65 mph.. I looked out the window and there was a HUGE dragonfly cruising right along with us.. ..and then it zagged right and was gone..
synapse989;745235; said:
So do illegal immigrants...SORRY, my bad...tasteless joke.
Seriously, I agree with you...but the presence of roaches has been proven to induce, or at least increase asthma in many people. Specifically, people with asthma are allergic to "roach dust" which is essentially body parts and feces lying around. And of course, roaches can harbor many disease-carrying organisms on/in themselves.
I know there are ecological functions that roaches and other insect "pests" perform, but does the good outweigh the bad? I'd be interested in seeing a study on this; i.e. what would the earth be like without roaches?
I know that one study showed that if snakes did not exist at all, then every American household would be overrun with 3-5 generations of mice/rats. I'm not stating this is true; someone told me this years ago, and I don't know where they got the info. But it still gives an idea on how some seemingly "undesirable" creatures are very important. I'm just curious to know if roaches are just as critical.
heh.. actually I thought that joke was totally appropriate..
I don't know if roaches do anything that outweighs how disgusting they are.. ..but they do, along with many other species of insect, clean up little messes.. ..like dead things..
there's a town in south america somewhere that welcomes an invasion of ants.. they go through everyone's house and pick up every single piece of whatever crap they find.. food particles, dead bugs.. etc etc.. I guess the town loves them. ..my mom/ex-wife/practically every woman I know would freak out and kill them all if they could..
I don't know if roaches do anything that outweighs how disgusting they are.. ..but they do, along with many other species of insect, clean up little messes.. ..like dead things..
there's a town in south america somewhere that welcomes an invasion of ants.. they go through everyone's house and pick up every single piece of whatever crap they find.. food particles, dead bugs.. etc etc.. I guess the town loves them. ..my mom/ex-wife/practically every woman I know would freak out and kill them all if they could..
