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   Alex Wild (alexwild@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 16:48:21 JST Alex Wild

   “What is the function of Species X?” Is a question I hear often from non-biologists.

   But it’s hard to answer. Species don’t exist to serve a function. They exist because they can. Everything is just trying to find a way to be.

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     Martin Rundkvist (mrundkvist@archaeo.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 16:48:22 JST Martin Rundkvist

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     When people say that there is no biological point to the existence of the ticks that transmit Lyme disease, I always reply that if you're a tick then the only point of the entire universe is to provide habitat for ticks.

     @alexwild

     #ecology

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 16:48:23 JST clacke

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     • Martin Rundkvist
     @mrundkvist @alexwild I think the question behind the question “What is the function of Species X?” is "Can we just incinerate them all without any negative consequences to us?"