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Re:We Crush, Poison, and Destroy Insects at Our Own Peril by stjo on Monday January 25, 2021 @06:10AM (#25901913)
Yeah, they can go extinct too. That would have saved us a global pandemic or two.
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Re:We Crush, Poison, and Destroy Insects at Our Own Peril by klodolph on Monday January 25, 2021 @06:30AM (#25902016)
Why not wipe out pigs and birds, too? That will take care of some more pandemics.

Hope you are not too attached to any of the following crops, which would die off without bats: cacao, peaches, bananas, guava, mango, dates, and figs.

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Re:We Crush, Poison, and Destroy Insects at Our Own Peril by thaumasiotes on Monday January 25, 2021 @07:03AM (#25902223)
> Hope you are not too attached to any of the following crops, which would die off without bats: cacao, peaches, bananas, guava, mango, dates, and figs.

Fruit bats and mosquito-eating bats are different bats.

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Re:We Crush, Poison, and Destroy Insects at Our Own Peril by klodolph on Monday January 25, 2021 @07:37AM (#25902445)
Responding to someone saying bats can go extinct. They didn’t specifically mention a type of bats, so it seems it’s out of hatred for bats in general.
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Re:We Crush, Poison, and Destroy Insects at Our Own Peril by gchamonlive on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @08:50AM (#25915711)
that is what Romans did, turning the landscape into a desert, wiping out every civilization that opposed them, and calling it peace.

Sure, no life, means no disease, but that is not really sustainable, isn't it?

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