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we must protect them from exotics (mander.xyz)

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[-] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 82 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

People: Why are bees and fireflies dying in droves?

Also People: Better hose my yard with chemicals and mount floodlights until it looks like a baseball stadium

[-] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 5 days ago

I love spending time in my garden watching the butterflies and bees, but gosh the mosquitoes are terrible, better spray them with a residual effect insecticide.

what happened to the birds and butterflies and bees?

[-] radix@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago

What's the worst that could happen if we eradicate all the rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows?

[-] Fondots@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

If you were able to target it properly to the right species, depending on where you are in the world, there's a good chance that the rats and sparrows you're thinking of are invasive.

I know around me in the US I see a whole lot more house sparrows (native to Europe, Asia, and some parts of North Africa) than I do any native Sparrows.

And the two most known rat species- the black and brown rats, originated in different parts of Asia and more-or-less spread around the world with human trade and migration.

So getting rid of those would probably be a good thing to reduce competition for native animals.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 days ago

also worth noting that i don't think anyone who has seen people suffering from malaria would be able to defend mosquitoes, that shit fucking sucks and eradicating malaria-carrying mosquitoes is 500% worth the consequences