Cochliomyia hominivorax (the New World screwworm)

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A fly that lays its eggs near wounds of warm blooded animals, “screwing” into the flesh. Recently re-spread into the US after decades of eradication, threatening billions in damage to the cattle industry

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Given the untold suffering these things cause and the lack of known ecological benefits this is one of the few cases of „good riddance“.

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Yes, a team of ecologists and ethicists got together and concluded the same thing. The world would literally be better off without them

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