Five Significant Roles of Cockroaches for Ecosystem on Earth
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4. Food Source for Birds and Mammals
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In addition to being a food source for wasps, cockroaches are also an important food source for several other living things such as birds and mammals. Even in some cultures, humans are also known to eat cockroaches.
Various birds’ prey on cockroaches for food. In addition, reptiles such as desert lizards and small insectivorous mammals such as mouse also prey on cockroaches.
5. Food Source for Larger Animals
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Cockroaches are part of the food chain of several large animals such as cats, whether wild or not, wolves, reptiles, eagles, birds and others.
These animals and birds’ prey on rats and mouse, and if the population will be affected due to the scarcity of cockroaches, it will indirectly affect the population of these animals and ultimately the entire wildlife will be affected.
The rats that went extinct from the earth wouldn't have had much of an impact, but a world without cats and birds wouldn't be a happy place.