What would happen if we killed all the ants. Like what do they provide to the earth that other animals don't/couldn't?
>inb4 global catastrophe
I refuse to believe that they contribute anything other than being tiny bitey assholes
>>8656748
They're a great source of protein.
>>8656748
I think society could function without any aerobic bugs (including elephant-sized bugs). Best if the earth was covered in grass without any beasts shitting all over the place and then sniffing it--with their great sense of smell. They smell ammonia (piss) too; just as 70% of autistic people would do, without moving away and without a change in breathing that would show any aversion or awareness of it.
There are many streets in cities that, after days without rain, are rank with the toxic odor of dog piss and yet most people never notice. They can't even smell decomposing fecal matter thrown in garbage cans in summer heat. The masses are autistic.
AANTI
Ants are very important
If every ant on the face of the earth just vanished in an instant, Brazil would become a sinkhole.
>>8656837
What the fuck did I just read?
Look what I found:
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://antkey.org/sites/antkey.org/files/Lach_et_al_2009_Ant%2520Ecology.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwj7tpLn_fzRAhWm3oMKHVDGBl0QFghLMAk&usg=AFQjCNGqngHPbyYLb4s8raAxt-P26hrrTQ
^ that's a PDF to a book about ant ecology
Also this website has a short summary about why ants are important:
http://m.espacepourlavie.ca/en/ecological-importance-ants
In media arts class in high school I screen-printed an ugly close up picture of an ant onto a t-shirt.
>>8656748
Killing all ants isn't necessary, just fire ants.
>>8656837
>never heard societies fear diseased material less as they are better able to fight it
>poop is gross
>not knowing how to properly deal with fecal matter
>probably a dirty loser
>>8656748
>what do they provide to teh earth
they are nature's garbage collectors
>I refuse to believe
what you believe is irrelevant
>>8656748
They eat other bugs, very efficiently. The amount of bugs would skyrocket if ants died
>>8656794
eat them yourself you savage
You could kill them all with mutagenic chain reaction.
Bad stuff senpai.
>>8656945
Source on this picture? Without Squidwad, I mean. Although a bigger scaled version of the same pic would help.