Why are you people obsessed with EARTHWORMS and BUSH CAVES?
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Because when they become as one it is truly beautiful.
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Don't worry about it, Howard Hughes.. You have millions upon millions of microrganisms crawling all over your body right now. As you're reading this. A few dust mites aren't gonna kill ya..
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Spiders are scary because they are creepy, crawly...just the thought of them crawling on someone usually makes them freak out.  Plus some of them are poisonous, so it is natural to be afraid of them.  I would wonder why you love them.  As in, you love to eat them, love to look at them, or what?  Maybe you just enjoy being different.  I don't like spiders (especially on me), but I don't hate them (they eat mosquitoes and I hate mosquitoes), and I admire spiders, they are cool arachnids.
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Worms don't really have much in the way of a brain or nervous system, so I doubt they mind.  As far as other animals, I used to be against it but I've become rather desensitized to it... Many more animals are killed to become food or fur, or killed for sport... I have to deal with killing mice on a regular basis to feed snakes... They are low on the food chain for a reason.  A few humanely euthanized rats here and there for students to learn is a small price to pay.  As a bio student, there really is no replacement for learning first hand on the real thing.  My favorite dissection was a fetal pig in high school... Very interesting.  The only time I took offense was a mink dissection, and that is because the school was actually getting the minks from fur farms and paying for them, so our experiments were fueling the fur trade...
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I agree completley with you on this one!\n\nYou know I love insects and spiders....well let me tell you whenever I recieve a call about "invaders", the first question is always, What is it? and the second is always How do i kill/get rid of it?\nIts tough for me, because I always try to find peaceful solutions to these problems, but many people dont want to spend that extra 20 minutes spider "proofing" the house, its just easier for them to roll up a news paper....not fair...\nYou raise a good point, their ancestors were here first, then we came along, ruined the habitat and the current wildlife is left with a choice "adapt, or die" and unfortunatly, even though they do adapt to our structures, they usually end up dying anyways because of our lack of compasion. I have never killed a spider in my house, even before i started studying them as a career, I guess because I knew the value of each life and that thye were just trying to do the best with the hand they were dealt (so to speak) so I really dont find it fair that innocent wild animals have to die, just because we dotn want them there, well thank God animals dont think the same way we do, because most likely they dont want us here at all either............. yet Wild animals show much more tolerance than we do....so who is really wild?
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it's just you. this is such a beautiful planet we live on, with such wonderful, facinating creatures. what is there not to love about life. i hope there is reincarnation, because i want to do it all over again
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Believe it or not but they now are one of the richest and happiest people in the world, their hard work is now acknowledge and they have contracts with supermarkets and other food companies! Plus they are also recognised as nature's helpers as they grow and often give habitats for a few species like worms and chickens and without them There will be no food!\n\nBEING A FARMER NO LONGER SUCKS!
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Because we pick up worms!!!!!!
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, lets see genius - they are being slaughtered by their own peace loving, kind hearted, and moral brethren.  Pretty smart, heh.  \n\nWhat again is that regions claim to fame besides dirt?  Oh yeah, a few million years ago some plants and dinosaurs died there.
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Is it a fetish of yours to know? I step on pest to kill them not for fun.
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The question is why aren't YOU obsessed???
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Yes, we have an innate desire to learn and explore- why do you think kids are referred to as natural explorer's.\n\nIf we did not then we all be writing by candles still or clubbing eachother on the heads or what not.
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Because it is human nature to be curious and want to know what is going on in the world especially ones own small little world like your work environment or you school environment. They also have the need for information as that is how we learn and grow.  Like for instance I heard a story on the news about some human remains that had been discovered in a wooded area near where I live.  I wanted more info about this story so I dug (no pun intended) for some more info about it on the Internet. As humans we want to learn as much as we can so if somebody has something interesting to tell us we listen and if it is really good, really interesting then we pass it on and that is how gossip gets started. Just my thoughts on it! Hope this is helpful. *hugs* JAC<
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Why would anyone want to do that?  Are you a naturalist or something?
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yes,but its just soil. earthworms are decomposers so they release nutrients back into the soil
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Well, I think it's more politics that keep people from climbing Mt. Ararat, as it is in a politically volatile region. I'm sure the local gov't. doesn't want a bunch of religious loonies clambering around in their mountains, leaving trash everywhere and trying to find some non-existent boat. Of course, that doesn't stop Christians from believing any old thing they read about it.\n\nPlease, people, for once, think about the logistics of it. A boat that huge, made entirely of wood, COULD NOT survive an ocean voyage--it would collapse under its own weight, to say nothing of tons of cargo!  You cannot fit thousands upon thousands of animals onto a ship that size. There was almost no ventilation, except for tiny windows up at the top. Hello, FUMES, ANYONE?? Could 8 people keep up with the crap from thousands of animals? Where was it disposed of? Where did they keep food for that many animals? \n\nWhat about plant life? No, most seeds do not survive brackish water.  What about the fish? With few exceptions, they are adapted to either fresh or salt water, not both. \n\nWhat about animals that are so highly adapted to a specific environment that they die if taken out of it? Everglade kites feed exclusively on a specific type of snail, for which their beaks are adapted perfectly. Where did Noah get both the kites AND the snails?? Koalas and eucalyptus trees? Pandas and bamboo? Hummingbirds and various trumpet-shaped flowers?  Roadrunners and lizards? Egg-eating snakes and the eggs they feed on? Vultures and carrion? And then, how did he get them all back where they belong?  Good grief, this story is so silly that I can't believe anyone in the 21st century still takes it literally.
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It's possible to become obsessed with virtually anything. But it's deeply unhealthy and potentially dangerous. Keep it light. Don't go there.