Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People have a fear of the unknown. Insects have different senses than us, different amount of limbs and their body structure is very different. It's hard for us to really relate to them and understand them.
What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?
If a mosquito has a soul, it is mostly evil. So I don't have too many qualms about putting a mosquito out of its misery. I'm a little more respectful of ants.
Insects are my secret fear. That's what terrifies me more than anything - insects.
People have no tolerance. They think all bugs are bad. It's the American way. If you don't like something, kill it.
Not enough people know what Lyme disease is and the dangers of being bitten by an insect.
If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
Over and over, nature shows that it's a really tough adversary. That's why it's important that we invest in laboratories, disease detectives, research, mosquito control, the public health system around the world to find, stop, track, prevent health threats.
I never kill insects. If I see ants or spiders in the room, I pick them up and take them outside. Karma is everything.
None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.