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Are there species the world can do without?

Asked by Hypocrisy_Central (26879points) April 7th, 2011

Often times there is talk of a species going extinct like the pandas or the tigers, what species is there the world would not miss if they all vanished or were hunted away? For instance if the world was devoid of armadillos would anyone even noticed, except in Texas you would not have to keep dodging them? What about crows, what is their function in the eco system no other bird can do? If all the trout went away there are still 10s of thousand of other fish species left, so why would they be missed? Are there just some species that are here on Earth that serve no purpose?

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