Fantasyrick
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I honestly don't care tbh if the bug is in my room,touches me,lands on my food it will die in 2.5 seconds
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Do you believe we should respect and have rights for insects and arachnids?
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It could just be me, but I just feel like there are other, simpler ways of dealing with things like that. You don't have to kill in life. Sure, you probably do it unaware throughout the day, but if you're given the choice, why do it? I certainly don't. I just take them outside. To me, it doesn't matter whether they feel pain or how small they are. They're alive, and if I can help it, I'd like it to stay that way.
Kaleidoscopes
Duality of Man
I disagree to an extent. If my dog has fleas, I'm killing them. I don't care if they feel pain or not, I'm not going to let my dog get sucked on by parasites that can give her tapeworms if she happens to eat one. Heck, I'm not even sure if there is a method for repelling them without killing them... but even if there is, why would I repel them away from my home so they can go somewhere else and infect one of my neighbor's pets?
I feel like people should respect any living creature and just let it be. Unless it's attacking you or jumped on you or it could be poisonous.
I hated spiders in the past, they freaked me out. my view changed when I saw this shy spider that decided to live in the corner of my greenroom/plant area. It was huge but whenever it saw people it'd just hide in its little place. It patiently waited most of the days and nights for food. I looked into it and it was completely harmless so I wasn't afraid of it anymore for some reason. I'd observe it sometimes and it stopped hiding eventually, I guess it wasn't scared of me anymore I'd like to think lmao. And it was there for most of the fall until winter came around. Spiders are admirable, their webs are cool af too. If you leave them alone they're chill.
So yeah, just respect spiders and be happy that you don't disturb their food web. A lot of these guys keep away those pests people usually hate and get rid of.
idk about bug rights though and it'll probably only happen for endangered bugs?
I hated spiders in the past, they freaked me out. my view changed when I saw this shy spider that decided to live in the corner of my greenroom/plant area. It was huge but whenever it saw people it'd just hide in its little place. It patiently waited most of the days and nights for food. I looked into it and it was completely harmless so I wasn't afraid of it anymore for some reason. I'd observe it sometimes and it stopped hiding eventually, I guess it wasn't scared of me anymore I'd like to think lmao. And it was there for most of the fall until winter came around. Spiders are admirable, their webs are cool af too. If you leave them alone they're chill.
So yeah, just respect spiders and be happy that you don't disturb their food web. A lot of these guys keep away those pests people usually hate and get rid of.
idk about bug rights though and it'll probably only happen for endangered bugs?
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I used to collect a bunch of ladybugs (During Spring/summer) get a peanuts jar and fill it with leaves with a bunch of aphids on it, then I would pump water into it and swish it around. So yes, but no at the same time.Bugs are too fun to mess with.
tamagotchi
i'm not mean
a centipede crawled on me today all bugs that touch me will get obliterated from this point on
bees are ok though
bees are ok though
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#1 Senpai
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tbh if some sort of bug is on me, near me, in my room or house i will try and kill it in under 10 seconds. but with spiders, i'd try and bring them outside unless they are cellar spiders cos those ones...i just smack 'em with my big slipper. that being said though, i think insects that carry a disease which is harmful to humans shouldn't have 'respect' or 'rights' as they can do more damage to us flying and zooming across the skies than an insect that isn't harmful lol
But I mean, that's what I'm saying, we don't really know, and should we really risk intentionally hurting creatures where we don't even know whether or not we could be causing them immense pain?
And I mean, even with animals, the scientific proving of the idea that animals have feelings is actually very recent, some people would argue that animals really don't have feelings.
I don't know what is really meant by "have rights" in this context but I don't think it'll ever happen anyway, if a bug is is someone's house, most people will kill it, I don't think that's good when there's other options but yknow. Insects don't and won't have rights, so it's down to individuals to respect them or not, and most won't.
I respect bugs, I'll step over ants in the street, move snails of the middle of the street, take spiders/beetles that are in my house out, rather than squishing them, if I see a bee that looks like they're dying, I'll feed them some sugar water. (It's actually important to save bees since their declining populations is really bad news for us, but it's not really like anyone cares.)
Like Bowie said (and maybe others too, I haven't completely read through the thread) there's other ways to deal with bugs, if there's a spider in your house why is your first instinct "kill"? When you could scoop them up will a cup and put them outside? I guess I get that reaction when it comes to phobias, but if you can't deal with the bug get someone who can? I see mites and parasite bugs as different though, if someone has lice or their pets have fleas, they should be taken care of.
I respect bugs, I'll step over ants in the street, move snails of the middle of the street, take spiders/beetles that are in my house out, rather than squishing them, if I see a bee that looks like they're dying, I'll feed them some sugar water. (It's actually important to save bees since their declining populations is really bad news for us, but it's not really like anyone cares.)
Like Bowie said (and maybe others too, I haven't completely read through the thread) there's other ways to deal with bugs, if there's a spider in your house why is your first instinct "kill"? When you could scoop them up will a cup and put them outside? I guess I get that reaction when it comes to phobias, but if you can't deal with the bug get someone who can? I see mites and parasite bugs as different though, if someone has lice or their pets have fleas, they should be taken care of.
Danielkang2
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I think simply you shouldn't kill an insect unless it's causing harm to you this includes mosquitoes cockroaches etc or if you are eating it. Killing it for fun, no way.
I recently read that fruit flies might have feelings .-.
@focus Technically the reason why we give rights is because we are conscious creatures.. so really, we're not required to give rights but because we are human, we do anyway.
Though I do agree with you, but if there exists a much larger creature than us (let's say, a giant), do you think they'll give any regard to tiny, insignificant smaller beings?
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I kill roaches in my house to prevent them from multiplying..
They don't matter to you, stop speaking for everyone else.
visibleghost
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eh i dont think it's ok to, like, torture ants and stuff but i donmt really think laws about it is ?? super necessary ?? lmao idk
I think they should get a few rights like us.
• Right to life
• Freedom from torture
• Right to liberty & security
I find it unfair how we kill innocent animals everyday, it sucks, honestly think about it, if you were an insect or arachnid of some kind, would you like to be squished to death or tortured?
• Right to life
• Freedom from torture
• Right to liberty & security
I find it unfair how we kill innocent animals everyday, it sucks, honestly think about it, if you were an insect or arachnid of some kind, would you like to be squished to death or tortured?
I understand what you're saying, and obviously I don't agree with anyone being harmed (including insects). However, those laws are just not feasible at all, the police/animal welfare wouldn't care enough to actually put the laws into place, and charging someone everytime they squish a fly would be obscene (because of how often it happens) a whole new team of "insect welfare" would have to be introduced and would cost millions, pretty much nobody would be for this, laws like this wouldn't work.
I think it's completely down to individual people to not kill, especially for no reason (if the insect poses you no immediate harm and there are other ways of dealing with said insect). I care about insects and will definitely not kill them, but most people don't think thay way and most probably won't change their views as they simply don't value insects. I think it's one thing to squish a fly in your home (I wouldn't) and to purposely capture and tourture insects that are outside, the latter is a little 'scary' to me.
