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wasoxygen  ·  3506 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Critically analysing the moral consistency of our beliefs

By total volume of misery I bet you're right, but a mosquito can get by without infecting anyone. I nominate the guinea worm as the most damnable individual creature; every one that ever completed a life cycle made someone suffer.





thenewgreen  ·  3506 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yikes. Those worms are awful creatures.

It doesn't beat the Nematode, but check out the parasitic wasp:

Dicks

tacocat  ·  3506 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Let's just agree that a lot of insects, and by extension a large portion of life, is either unnecessary or just plain horrible