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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 ๐.
'Cockroach' encompasses a wide range of species, the majority of which have no interest in living in a human's home, and contribute to the work of decomposition on the forest floor. Many smaller predators also eat them.
OK, just the pest ones then ๐.
I'm on board with that ๐
Some pests (not only cockroaches) keeps the sewage unclogged by consuming solids.
Oh, come on ๐คฃ... people just have to find an excuse for cocroaches to exist ๐คฃ.
Just learned recently that there are over 3000 species of cockroaches and about 10 are invasive to humans.
well let's get rid of those 10 then, the other 2990 should be able to pick up whatever positive effect those 10 species have without building nests and swarming our homes
That's really only German cockroaches that are colony roaches. At least in my region.
That's an incredible statistic. Where did you learn that?
I was watching the streamer piratesoftware who before he became a programmer/hacker was in college for entomology.