For this blog post I read an
article by Jenna Bardroff, a writer for the "One Green Planet" webpage. She wrote about how humans actually need certain animals for our everyday lives. Who would've thought? She stressed the importance of saving these creatures so that we can live normally and keep a stable ecosystem.
As I'm sure you've heard bees are essential to our well-being. Without their pollination our agricultural industries would crumble. They are the key to fertilization and the creation of whatever fruit or vegetable the plant makes. In 2011 scientists concluded that "in dry climates, ants and termites increase wheat crop yields bu 36%"(Bardroff). 36 is an obscene amount, that is enough to effect tens of millions of people. I think that we as humans should strive to keep such human-friendly animals alive for our future.
Bees are not the only essential living being needed for the survival of vast ecosystems. Bats, for example, eat all kinds of flying insects for their main diet. They help to control the population so that those insects don't destroy too many plants. Frogs act as a sort of "bio-indicators" meaning that they show early signs of how an environment's condition is. Because they're all over the ground and in the water they pick up whatever waste is left behind and can easily be tested by scientists to detect problems in the area. They are also eaten by many carnivores and, as bats do, help to control insect population. It is very interesting how little animals can have such large effects on the health of their environments.
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