u/5fivesecondrule

I always see people be like "Oh I wish flies/mosquitoes/ticks/rats/etc were extinct!" But they're always important to the ecosystem (usually because they're food)

What i'm wondering is: does a species exist that we could completely remove from the earth without causing major damage? I mean we got rid of smallpox, is there an animal equivalent of smallpox that we could just get rid of and suffer little to no consequences?

P.S I may have tagged this wrong. There wasn't a zoology tag so I just guessed what would be the next best thing

EDIT: i feel the need to clarify, i am referring to ANIMAL species, not plants or bacteria or anything else

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