Mosquitos. Dad died from a bite, got West Nile virus as a result of it. I’d give anything to have him back.

The only animal I think is truly worth eradicating is the bedbug.

Every other insect from the mosquito, to the tick is an incredibly important source of food (especially protein) for other animals, especially in places with very harsh conditions where other insects struggle to survive. I used to hate and fear insects but now I know they all have their place.

All, except the bedbug. These things are specifically designed to hunt us and pretty much only us. They have precious few predators, much less predators that rely on their existence. They deserve obliteration.

Mosquitoes. If I'm allowed, midges too.

Sorry that's fucking gross. OP wants to walk through a world of rotting meat and unscavenged carcasses. Seriously. Read up on what happened to vultures in India when they gave all their cattle Diclofenac.

Cultures might not be pretty but they are fucking awesome and entirely necessary. Why peeps gotta hate on the cleaning staff I don't know.

Ticks.

What is worrying about a buzzard? Are you a small rodent?

Humans.

Oh no, vultures are great.

For me—probably ticks.

Humans or at the very least Epstillians

My go is for the Buzzard, it would sure as hell make desert trips and heat waves seem a lot less worrying and paranoiac.

I'm not sure I understand that one. What's the connection between buzzards and heat waves? Why do they make you worry? We have a ton of them in Germany, pretty cool birds and not dangerous unless you're a mouse.

I guess if I had to pick one, it would be ticks. But I'd rather not remove any, because whatever animal you remove may have devastating consequences on the entire ecosystem.

Carrion birds are extremely important to our ecosystems.

Edit: apparently "buzzard" in the US usually refers to vultures, which is what I was thinking of.

I love vultures so much! Nature's garbage crew.

I will have to go with palmetto bugs, sorry guys you freak me out so bad and I think there are other bugs that turn leaves into dirt without being nightmare fuel.

Possums, in NZ.

Here they are a scourge. They're introduced and outcompete or prey on native birds.

Bigfoot, of course. This reign of terror must come to an end.

Fuck ticks.

Don't want to get rid of a good scavenger like the buzzard. They really help the ecosystem. Particularly with population and disease control.

Ourselves.

Wait.. Buzzard as in buteo buteo? What did they do to you?

Screw worm and mosquito

Ugh. Easy. The St Barnabus Mite (they call them Wringlers in the US, I think). Hate, hate, hate them. Nasty, relentless, ethereal, bitey little shitlords, and they're so resilient they turn up everywhere. They can fuck right off.

Edit: Holy shit, it worked!

Ticks. One of the most dangerous animals in the world.

humans

Emus. Stupid flightless birds.

Mosquito

Fleas.

Why wish? It happens every day.

I wonder what the world would be like without humans?

Humans. We destroy everything.

mosquito

Any of the scary parasites, like the guinea worm or those amoebas that eat your brain and kill you within a week.

Cattle. That would cut down human land use by a lot (in the short term, probably not very effective in the long term)

Do you even know what a buzzard actually is though? Go look up a photo of a buzzard and make sure you aren't mistaking buzzards with vultures.

Both are vital parts of theor ecosystems though, I'd hate to see either vanish.

My pick might very well be humans for how fucked up we are and how much we destroy and cause suffering for all the other animals

def humans we suck

All I see here are a bunch of cowards, just look at all the top posts here, what do they have in common? Bedbugs, ticks, mosquitos... all parasites that target humans. That's too easy, anyone can get behind that.

But I'm actually willing to step out on a limb and say something. Manatees. What have manatees done for me lately? Laying about... Aggressively loitering in our estuaries! Get a job you lazy sea cows. You think kelp grows on trees? They're a drain on the global economy and a blubberous aquatic menace! Let's get rid of them!

Humans and I'm not joking maybe Neanderthals would have coexisted with the planet better and we would not be going through the 6th Anthropocene mass extinction event.

Mosquito

Myself.

"One animal" could easily mean an individual animal. This makes things tricky. Ruling out humans (because that's no fun), how can a single animal's disappearance affect anything?

Well, I don't think it can. The biggest effects would happen if you remove an individual from a critically endangered species, but I don't see anything good coming from that. For just about all other species, it would be like a drop in the ocean.

So, given that I probably can't make the world meaningfully better, I'll aim smaller. I'll remove a dog that shits in the street without its owner picking it up, causing innocent people to step in it.

Grizzlies.

Elephants. I feel like they just eat to many leaves and its an inefficient build. They are like an American F150

They walk around the jungle stomping on things and eating a lot. They can squirt water from their trunk and what else? I like em but dont get the point of them.

The Orange Crybaby.

Giraffes

The amnesia sloth-newt. That tricky fucker got me yesterday... I can't remember what it was but it was important and by the time I got out of the shower... Poof! It was gone with the memory.

Dogs. They are loud, shit everywhere, are narcs and a big source of CO2.

As others have said its a no brainer with man. Other species would still be in existence without us and the earth would be in a good healthy shape and maybe some more deserving species would evolve. Its a shame we can't meet our potential and actually be helping the health of the earth rather than hindering it.

Maybe jellyfish? They are annoying and sometimes dangerous, and right offhand I can't see any downside to their disappearance.

Manatees.