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What animal or insect going extinct would have the greatest impact on the ecosystem? (lemmy.ml)

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Curious on some replies here. I always hear having bees go extinct would be horrible for us. Curious if that’s the worse?

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[–] Rogue_General 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Humans, absolutely. That's an easy answer.

But if you exclude humans, that's where you have some debate. I see bees and spiders mentioned in this thread and I'm inclined to agree with bees, because of how vital those dudes are for pollination and thus for any animal that ultimately relies on plants (hint: that's all of them! predators also need a population of herbivores to feast on)