• Question: what would happen if there was no animals in the world except humans

    Asked by shannon to Arthur, Clare, Daniel, David, Tora on 19 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Clare Harding

      Clare Harding answered on 19 Nov 2014:

      Hi Shannon,

      So we talked about this a little bit yesterday, assuming that there still would be plants, actually we would probably have more food than just now. Also, there would be less greenhouse gases produced (cows are a surprisingly big source of methane!). Most of the animals on the planet are the ones that we grow for food (there is a great comic here: http://xkcd.com/1338) and so there would be more space for plants and trees to go. One problem would be pollination of flowers, but if there are still insects then most plants would be ok.

      But it would be very boring and I think we would miss all of the animals a lot!

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