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Can you think of a specie of animal that, other than to reproduce, has no other purpose?

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Posted - July 13, 2018
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  • 5835
    Yes.
      July 13, 2018 5:05 AM MDT
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  • 44603
    Me, too. Care to share?
      July 13, 2018 5:54 AM MDT
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  • 5835
    Every animal has a purpose, even if it's only to eat something that no other animal eats and to poop something that some plant needs. But I can think of anything I want.
      July 13, 2018 7:41 AM MDT
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  • 1713
    Well, in the end it's all pointless so I'd say nothing really has a purpose. I still love critters though, my piggly-wigglies are so cute even if they nibble a little too hard sometimes..
      July 13, 2018 6:17 AM MDT
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  • 10635
    All animals and insects have a purpose.  We may not know what it is.

    Ok, maybe not the human animal.  Unless its purpose is to destroy its environment, every other species, and itself.  It's REALLY good at doing that.

      July 13, 2018 8:08 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    The Lake flies that emerge from Lake Winnebago in the USA and also in Lake Victoria in Africa......There are countless trillions emerging from all lakes ,They appear from the to mate and then die.....their eggs get deposited back into the Lake and the whole process starts over again....They are born to die and to be eaten by many bigger  predators.....
    The African people that live around the Lakes catch and eat them as an health sorce of protein :) 

    They only eat fly'ed food as they ain't got any ovens..... :( D 
      July 13, 2018 8:29 AM MDT
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  • 44603
    Their purpose, then, is food for other critters.
      July 13, 2018 10:50 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    It could be as long as they don't have to Fly Tip on their Bill for A'meal ...or get a Sub for some Grub or even squirm for their Worms ...:)D 
      July 13, 2018 12:23 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    You probably already knew this Einstein but see if this is the answer you are looking for:
    https://mentalfloss.com/article/57800/horrors-anglerfish-mating.

      July 13, 2018 7:00 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    I believe the frogs who hibernate during the dry season only come out to reproduce during the wet season.  
      July 13, 2018 8:02 PM MDT
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