What animal(s) really rule this world?

Question

I'm not talking about humans

Answer 1

It is funny how the creatures that really rule this planet are the smallest ones...........Isn't that ironic..........

1) Bacteria.......hands down, nothing would survive without them.

2) The smallest of all............Viruses.......There ability to mutate is astounding.

3) And this is the only one that you can see (without a microscope) is, of course, the insects. We cannot irradicate them, even when we want too.......Sure, we can hire an exterminator to come in and get rid of ants or cockroaches from our homes, but try and go away for a few weeks, they'll be back.

btw.......In my opinion, mammals (including us), are the weakest link. In the event of a holocaust, I believe the bacteria, viruses, and insects would survive............nothing else would!!!!!!

You asked...........I answered!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

As far as multicelled animals are concerned, it would probably be nematodes. It was once said that if all other animal life on earth vanished, each creature could still be identified by the shell of nematodes it left behind. Bacteria are not part of the animal kingdom, but there are more of them on earth than anything else. Bacteria are intimately associated with all other forms of life on earth. If these organisms vanished, all other life would probably vanish as well. Insects appear to rule the world, but these arthropods are mostly terrestrial. Earth's oceans cover three quarters of the planet and there are only a handful of insects which can live in the sea. As far as arthropods are concerned, copepods are probably the most numerous. Cockroaches can appear to dominate the human world, but there are probably more species of shrimp in the sea. After all, shrimp are just the marine equivalent of a cockroach. The only reason humans can eat them is because shrimp bacteria are so aliean they can't live in humans or cause diseases.

Answer 3

Hands down... insects.

Without them all plant and animal life would be dead within a year. If memory serves they believe if all insects were gone the human population would be extinct within 5 months.

Answer 4

Cockroaches,they multiply by the millions,can survive extreme conditions even nuclear fallouts,will eat anything,can adapt to any conditions

Answer 5

Insects. There are hundreds of thousands of species, there are millions of them, and they will survive on this planet longer then any mammal, bird, or reptile would ever.

Answer 6

Insects. There are a lot of them and they've survived for a long time - very successful.

Answer 7

Insects--there are millions of them, they can live everywhere, they eat what they want whether we want them to or not, and they'll still be here when we're long gone.

Answer 8

Cockroaches , they can survive a nuclear fallout.

Answer 9

cockroaches

theyve been around since the dinosaurs

Answer 10

the female ones.