I’ll just edit instead!
Bed bugs.
Positive outcome would be no more having to burn contaminted possessions (or wash them in very hot water many times).
I was going to go with the rabies virus, but bedbugs is a solid choice as well.
Viruses are not animals.
Ticks and botflies. We don’t need maggots making a home in our skin. Even worse is what they do to animals like sheep.
Mosquitos are mainly an annoyance to me and I can deal with them.
Maggots are the things that breakdown dead stuff, without them you’d have dead animals and plants rotting on the ground for ages while the bacteria breaks them down slowly. I think the whole world would smell worse.
These are maggots that get laid in your skin specifically. Look up “bot flies”
Fungi do most of the rotting anyway.
Cockroaches… as far as I’m aware, they don’t contribute anything to the eco system, they’re just pests.
Unfortunatelly, not even a nuclear war can erradicate them 😒.
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Landlords
They’re not human, I’ll allow this.
You sound just like someone from Nazi Germany.
Ah yes, the condition of being a landlord, a completely immutable state of being.
Yeah, even nazi germany had principled people
I know you said that we shouldn’t say humans but I’m gonna say it anyway:
Humans.
Sorry.
Would be interesting to tally up the negative impacts of removing humans as well.
Culls of invasive species would no longer occur, which would be detrimental in those ecosystems.
A fairly significant number of endangered animals probably only exist today due to human intervention and breeding programs (i am well aware that we probably made them endangered in the first place)
Cross breeds would be done as well, Ligers and Mules require humans for breeding. Although in fairness they are definitely not natural to begin with.
Many animals we have domesticated would be done for as well, most smaller dogs are completely, reliant on humans for food and grooming. Many cats would be okay, but some breeds are likely dead ends as well. Jersey cows would probably have a bad time as well, without milking, sheep might have issues as well?
Interesting thought experiment.
Good point! Within a few weeks billions of animals would die. Chicken, pigs, cows, cats and dogs.
We definitely need to clarify what “good for the planet” means if we want to decide on the best answer.
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Beavers. Just the mere sound of rushing water triggers their damn building instincts (scientists tested this). Just let the environment be itself.
If you gave any random person god like powers to do whatever they wanted, they would immediately eradicate mosquitoes as their first act.
