Interesting point! I remember reading an article a few years back about genetically modified mosquitoes. They were sterile and the idea was that if you released them into the wild the mosquito population would decrease because they would try to breed with these sterile mosquitoes and eventually die out. Scientists suggested releasing the mosquitoes into a few areas first to see how it worked out.Hey, folks, how did this get hijacked into a carnivore vs. herbivore argument? Peace!
This brought to mind something even more frightening. Maybe we need to fear zealots, no matter what their stance, most of all. And no, I'm not NOT NOT calling you zealots but we all know there are a lot of them out there espousing radical and terrifying causes. They are each dangerous in their own way, far more dangerous than any animal. They scare me most of all.
Now, back to local creatures that scare you.
Someone said mosquitoes and I'm all for the eradication of those. The person who said small things don't matter never spent the night in a dark room with a buzzing mosquito.
Fire ants are high on my list of nasty critters. On the other hand, they seem to be the only thing that eats fleas. I HATE fleas!
I'm not too fond of bats, either. Yes, I know they eat mosquitoes, but once you have one in your bedroom and have to have rabies shots for you and boosters for your cats, they lose a lot of appeal.
One area they were released was Brazil....then a few years later a mosquito born disease, Zika virus, starts causing birth defects that have never been seen from this disease before. Could there be a connection? Maybe our plans to eradicate the mosquito have back-fired?
I understand that we need mosquitoes to stop us humans from thinking we're the top of the food chain, but I can't stand the little bleeders either.