• Question: In biology there are different species we really need to survive (like bees)what other animals except bees do we really need to try and keep alive

    Asked by The wonder guy(DLang?) to Annette, Dave, Jaine, Julio, Mike on 11 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Julio Gutierrez

      Julio Gutierrez answered on 11 Nov 2016:

      Bees are indeed an excellent example of very important species for us to survive. Yet, we actually depend a large group of species to survive, other than bees, and this happens because we need services that are directly provided by nature. For example, bees are important because they pollinate plants, so plants can reproduce. Can you imagine how difficult would be to reproduce plants without bees help? Other animals that I would say that are important are the trees because we need them to many purpose (warm up, construction, medicines, etc)

    • Photo: Jaine Blayney

      Jaine Blayney answered on 14 Nov 2016:

      I’d say all species. Humans are impacting on so many natural habitats of other animals. Through deforestation and development, we are putting species at risk and causing some to come into towns and cities for food. We may not understand the worth of a species until it’s gone!

    • Photo: Annette Neill

      Annette Neill answered on 15 Nov 2016:

      Well there’s a heck of unrecognised work done by ants and when apparently ants turn up more soil than earthworm! The ants are fascinating creatures and without them, our soil would not be aerated and they eat other bugs like fleas and flies. You’ve probably watched armies of ants at work and they move large amounts of waste and essential seeds around so we are indebted to these little fellas. Thankfully they’re not under threat at the moment.

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