One More Reason Why You Shouldn't Kill Bugs
As a bug lover, I'm always trying to convince other people to stop killing every six-legged critter that comes within ten feet. It's not just about my personal interest in insects. There are a lot of good reasons why you shouldn't kill bugs:
- Insects were here first, by over 300 million years. Technically, we're on their turf.
- Insects killed the dinosaurs. What if T. Rex was still wandering around here, eating small children at will?*
- Other things eat insects, like birds and lizards and my cat.
- If you kill a good insect, you'll wind up with more bad insects than you can possibly kill. Then you'll be sorry.
- Some insects do essential jobs that Americans won't do, like pollinating flowers.
A gentleman from Eatontown, NJ just demonstrated a whole new reason why you shouldn't kill bugs - you might just blow yourself to kingdom come. Isias Vidal Maceda attempted a little DIY extermination in his kitchen by spraying an unnamed brand of bug killer, only to have the chemical ignite an explosion. While he did succeed in eliminating the pests, he also eliminated 80% of his apartment and 100% of his eyebrows.
* - In the interest of accurate reporting, I must admit that this particular statement might be a slight exaggeration. Not the part about insects killing the dinos, that part's true. According to Dinosaur Bob (Guide to Dinosaurs), the scuttlebutt among paleontologists today is that Tyrannosaurus Rex may have been an enormous sloth of a dino, incapable of pursuing and capturing small children.
Comments
Awesome~!
Don’t forget karma. If you kill an insect needlessly, you may be reincarnated as said insect (or get run over by a truck, whichever comes first)
Anyone considering killing an insect should first grab a magnifying glass and look at the cute little face. Not to be superficial (and certainly not to imply that less cute creatures deserve a worse fate), but I’ve always found insects to be quite cute.
So, if the T. Rex really is that slow, we’d have T. Rex tipping instead of cow tipping? That conjures up an interesting image….
After reading Deb’s articles (which I really enjoyed) and then reading Bro Hadley’s comment, I would like to step up and take credit for my offspring’s sense of humor.