They say God created everything with a purpose, but I just can't figure out what purpose He had in mind for cockroaches. Seemingly nature's most abundant and hardy form of life, they're also one of the most useless and harmful, from my perspective; all they do is crawl around and spread disease. But if it's true that everything has at least one quality to recommend it, then the same has to be true of these obnoxious little bugs. What, then, are they good for?
2007-02-02 02:16:10 · 4 answers · asked by nacmanpriscasellers 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
"In general, the habits and high reproductive rate of pest cockroaches can lead to large populations which spread disease organisms, contaminate and eat our food, and cause allergies and even asthma."
Check out http://www.pestworld.org/Database/Article.asp?ArticleID=16&UserType=Consumers
for more on these pests (and they are pests). On the other hand, this same site says cockroaches recycle dead and decaying matter "in their natural settings"--which do not include houses.
2007-02-03 08:07:24 · update #1
A. This is a science forum, not a religious one, Science can't answer why god did anything or if he even exists.
B. Cockroaches clean up our messes. With no insects to clean random organic matter, the world would be a pretty nasty place. As for ticks and mosquitoes, even I am stumped on those.
Please do me a favor and tell me one disease that cockroaches spread.
C. Not everything on earth has a purpose that relates to humanity. I know that's hard to beleive since we are so important and have so much cosmic significance. But the animal kingdom, parasites, bacteria, etc... treat us as any other animal.
2007-02-02 02:20:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The only thing they'd be good for is scaring the bejesus out of me! I am terrified of almost any bug, so if I ever am put through the torture of spying a cockroach in my residence, I'd probably faint. UGH!
2007-02-02 10:19:44 · answer #2 · answered by Jen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They also fit into the "cirle of life". They eat the crap off the ground. And they are a food source for something. Don't people eat cockroaches in africa...
2007-02-02 11:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by ruffstockworld 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scavenging......and annoying people......and spreading disease...
2007-02-02 10:24:30 · answer #4 · answered by darkael08 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋