2007-01-02 08:22:24 · 6 answers · asked by mesmerized 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Dear Silverbirch, whilst respecting your P.O.V and agreeing with biodiversity.
I guess I never had to spend hours making my longhaired daughter unhappy doing the weekly comb through, looking for tigers,whales or pandas.
Or send her into school smelling of some foul stuff claiming to be a detterrent...
Whilst it's not our place to eradicate species on a whim....I just wondered if they're anything but irritating parasitical bloodsuckers, who never helped anything ever.....
(That's all really...just another new year rant....nothing to worry about)
2007-01-02 08:37:12 · update #1
Dooglepuf...
It's a deal.....
2007-01-02 11:27:13 · update #2
only for the makers of the so called "cures" shampoos.
but f@ck them, i'd vote to exterminate headlice.......
.........as long as we exterminate cats at the same time.
2007-01-02 08:26:22 · answer #1 · answered by dooglepuff 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As far as any effect I can imagine, there would be no harm in getting rid of the little buggers. Few if any parasites perform a beneficial service that would preclude their complete removal. The 'every species has a purpose' attitude of the biodiversity wackos is no more rational or supported than the 'God has a reason for everything' excuse of the religious wackos. By definition, every species did not exist at some point in time, meaning that it must be possible for the world to exist without it.
Which is not to say that the extermination (or introduction) of a species can't have unintended or unforeseen effects. But hey, they're called 'unforeseen' for a reason.
2007-01-02 09:25:39 · answer #2 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There was a campaign to eradicate them all in the UK about ten years ago. It failed. I know this because I remember it, and I remember who I blamed for not combing her hair with a nit comb because we all knew she had lice but she kept denying it. You could actually see them crawling all over her head, some as big as ants.
As far as I'm aware, there are no detrimental side effects for wiping them all out. They're horrible little parasites, nothing seems to eat them and they just suck blood. I think every household everywhere in the world should be given three or four bottles of 'full marks', I know it stinks, but it's the one product that actually seems to work. This isn't advertising, I just know that it works. Kills the bugs, destroys the eggs, great stuff.
2007-01-02 09:09:36 · answer #3 · answered by Katri-Mills 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd first like to see mosquitoes go, but I can understand how important they are to the eco system. Head lice, though....what eats that?? What purpose do they serve? I don't think any other species are dependent on head lice, especially considering that I don't see many other things pecking at the heads of humans to eat them. ;)
2007-01-02 08:32:47 · answer #4 · answered by tateronmycouch 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Considering I don't know of anything that eats human head lice, I would say no, but I could be wrong.
2007-01-02 08:26:16 · answer #5 · answered by D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, another species would become extinct, reducing biodiversity. Why is a headlice different to a whale, or tiger, or panda?
2007-01-02 08:26:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋