Unlike any animal,with the possible exeption of the owl and the American,they serve no purpose.They're not in the food chain,they cant make honey and they are not fluffy.God has a way of extinguishing it's useless creations like the dinosaur and the dodo,but the pointy yet pointless wasp soldiers on WHY?
2007-02-20 07:29:12 · 12 answers · asked by QPRfan 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
They are survivors, cause they sting for fun
2007-02-20 07:31:59 · answer #1 · answered by AlexChappel 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Serve a "purpose"? Your thinking that natural selections works on a group of organisms and that is incorrect; genes code for phenotypes and hence natural selection works on the individual at the genetic level.
An organisms purpose is not to be food for something else and it is NOT for the survival of the species; the genes are the instructions to create the organism and hence the the purpose of an organisms existence is to propagate their genes into the gene pool.
This can be seen by a lion taking over a new pride; he'll kill all the baby cubs. Why would he waste his time raising genetically inferior cubs that are not related?
Hence, if a wasp is propagating it's genes it has a purpose - the only purpose.
2007-02-20 16:10:15 · answer #2 · answered by life_aint_a_game_10 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without the wasp we would have a lot more flies as they eat them. Also wasps gave us paper or rather the concept. The ancient Chinese discovered that wasps nests were a pulp that could be easily reproduced from wood mash and could be written on, it was also cheaper and easier to produce than parchment. So maybe they do have a use after all.
2007-02-20 15:36:39 · answer #3 · answered by freddiem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From a human view of nature there seems to be no reason for the wasp to exist but there could be good reasons such as the pollination of plants.
A list of creatures etc that appear to have no usefull purpose would be very long ( rats would be included in my list !) and dare I say it some humans.
2007-02-20 15:44:14 · answer #4 · answered by oldtimer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They pollinate carry pollen on their little legs for reproduction of plants/ flowers . Although they have fewer hairs than bees they still have them . They are essential for pest control as well every pest has a wasp to control it.
p.s Its the earwigs that make chutney
2007-02-20 15:37:16 · answer #5 · answered by mintycakeyfroggy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi
I have one as a pet. Hes normally around in the summer and always looks me up............
He's a great guy and really no trouble at all.
I have a bit of bother getting his collar on and off when we go for walks. Vet bills are cheap.
2007-02-20 15:41:09 · answer #6 · answered by yakatang 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The point is at the back end, make one angry if you want to check.............
Sorry couldn't help it. Also, I don't think God had that much to do with extinguishing the Dodo, that one was down to the humans.
2007-02-20 15:32:22 · answer #7 · answered by 'H' 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think they do kill other nasty creepy crawlies but thats about all.
But we do need wasps...what other nests can you throw your fireworks into, that give the same entertainment value as a swarm of angry wasps
2007-02-20 15:35:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Jellyfish: They don't know what they are doing... they just float about stinging stuff. They are 97% water and they are always in water so why not make em another 3% water and just make em into water... drought sorted." - Karl Pilkington
2007-02-20 15:34:20 · answer #9 · answered by Rafaman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they probably ask the same question about humans from lack of understanding
2007-02-20 18:22:12 · answer #10 · answered by hobgoblin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋