Punished UMN wrote:The Three Palins wrote:Humans would take some losses on the first day, particularly from pets. Perhaps from birds if they know that to chase us in front of traffic is the best way. Rural areas would be seriously depopulated.
However, there aren't a lot of large animals capable of breaking glass, in the cities where most people live. We'd foil their murderous intentions by doing what we're best at: staying inside our houses. The military would deliver supplies, until supplies ran out, but people wouldn't be starving to death for maybe a year.
Within that time we'd kill them all, using conventional military means, and perhaps species-specific chemical and biological weapons. All of this assuming that micro-organisms cannot willfully evolve to pose maximum threat to us, in which case "animals" might win.
Humans wouldn't be able to survive without animals though.
Escherichia coli may be essential. Bos taurus is not.