Why do the insects let us live?

[Revoltingest]

Little you know but much you speak

I hadn't seen that documentary yet.

 

[amorphous_constellation]

well, lions wouldn't want to kill all the cattle type animals they eat, cause then they'd die. Same thing for mosquitoes

 

[Stonetree]

Why are you members making me start to scratch myself into insanity?.......actually the wife can't even hear the words,"bugs or insects", without going crazy for the rest of the night and wanting to 'nuke' the house.
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[QuestioningMind]

I don't know where to post this, so I'm putting it into general discussion. One of my doomsday scenarios for the end of the human race is one in which a mite or other tiny critter develops taste for mammals and eats us all up.

Why hasn't that happened? Or has it?

For example if ants or flies wanted to they could eat most of us. Why haven't they?

For the most part insects aren't even aware we exist. Even if they did they'd have no reason to kill us since we don't pose any real threat to them. No need to eat us since there's plenty of preferable food sources available.

 

[SomeRandom]

Ticks and bedbugs are the worst, but they let me live.

Oof. I remember once after a school camp I found a tick on my back. Luckily I did not suffer any side affects. But I did have a Detol bath. And thoroughly checked myself and my bed for months afterwards lol

 

[The Hammer]

I don't know where to post this, so I'm putting it into general discussion. One of my doomsday scenarios for the end of the human race is one in which a mite or other tiny critter develops taste for mammals and eats us all up.

Why hasn't that happened? Or has it?

For example if ants or flies wanted to they could eat most of us. Why haven't they?

Because we taste better ripe.

 

[Viker]

I don't know where to post this, so I'm putting it into general discussion. One of my doomsday scenarios for the end of the human race is one in which a mite or other tiny critter develops taste for mammals and eats us all up.

Why hasn't that happened? Or has it?

For example if ants or flies wanted to they could eat most of us. Why haven't they?

They could. This is technically an insect dominant planet anyway. Our insectoid overlords could turn on us any time.

 

[Viker]

Roaches bite, btw.