What would happen if all Snakes were wiped off the face of the Earth?

[theguru]

The other thread got me thinking. Snakes are highly evolved and diverse parts of every warm ecosystem. What would happen if there were no more snakes?

[Jumper_Dad]

We would be over ran by rodents and birds.

[SnottieDrippen]

I could sit on a toilet in peace.

[spindoc]

Well, with all due respect, snakes aren't highly evolved ( in my humble opinion anyway). And I'd be tickled if they'd just go away. As for the mice, we can all set a mousetrap.

[theguru]

Well, with all due respect, snakes aren't highly evolved ( in my humble opinion anyway). And I'd be tickled if they'd just go away. As for the mice, we can all set a mousetrap.

 

Okay, highly evolved in every environment they occupy and I am trying put it in perspective.

[spindoc]

Snakes aren't the villians they're made out to be in an ecosystem. They occupy a very important niche. I just don't like them.

[HammerTime]

The world would be a better place. We could take all the cats off of cat island and spread them around and the mice problem is gone. Problem solved.

[mcpapa]

We'd all be Ireland.

[formerkywrestler]

Most likely we would have rampant rodent-borne diseases.

[spindoc]

Snakes are like guns. They look menacing. It's important to recognize the dangerous end.

[75center]

Well, with all due respect, snakes aren't highly evolved ( in my humble opinion anyway). And I'd be tickled if they'd just go away. As for the mice, we can all set a mousetrap.

 

A female rat can have 15,000 descendants in a year. Lots of traps.

[spindoc]

A female rat can have 15,000 descendants in a year. Lots of traps.

Rat poison. Works great.

[MJAlltheWay24]

Are Pythons still destroying the ecosystems down in the Evergaldes?

[swamprat]

Washington would be deserted.

[swamprat]

Are Pythons still destroying the ecosystems down in the Evergaldes?

 

Yes.