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"And humans, with their ability to thrive in basically any climactic zone, are the ultimate pest species." Oh I don't know cock roaches thrive really well in ev
by chubbard 14y ago
"And humans, with their ability to thrive in basically any climactic zone, are the ultimate pest species." Oh I don't know cock roaches thrive really well in every zone too. And they carry countless diseases too, along with their redundant systems and all. Or how about rats? Also littered with pests themselves there isn't a place on this earth that hasn't been touched by rats.
- jfb 14y agoRoaches and rats would never have spread as far as they have without humans carrying them along.
- FreeFull 14y agoHow do cockroaches and rats cope with Antarctica?
- jfb 14y agoThey don't. The caloric expenditure required to survive in a desert like that is only available to humanity.
- Karunamon 14y agoAnd bears.. and penguins.. and lemmings..
- jfb 14y agoWell, you're ⅓ there, considering that there are no terrestrial mammals in Antarctica. But I was talking about weed species, not those particularly evolved for a given niche.
- chc 14y agoYou appear to have the Arctic and Antarctic confused. They're opposite ends of the world. There aren't any bears or lemmings in Antarctica at all. And there are penguins in the region, but they're amphibious rather than really being stuck on Antarctica.
- Dove 14y agoWe don't cope with Antarctica all that well. Otherwise there would be a permanent population down there.