# What single species' extinction would do the most damage to Earth? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 8, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-single-species-extinction-would-do-the-most-damage-to-earth/407243 "2007-06-08T12:36:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-single-species-extinction-would-do-the-most-damage-to-earth/407243/41 "2007-06-11T23:58:58Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] Chickens also crossed my mind [/QUOTE] Why did the chicken cross your mind? ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-single-species-extinction-would-do-the-most-damage-to-earth/407243/42 "2007-06-12T04:04:15Z")
Perhaps one we haven’t even documented yet. Honestly, I don’t think we know enough about the earth’s ecology to do more than guess like this at answers to such a question. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-single-species-extinction-would-do-the-most-damage-to-earth/407243/43 "2007-06-12T04:05:06Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] Why did the chicken cross your mind? [/QUOTE] To get to the other psyche? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-single-species-extinction-would-do-the-most-damage-to-earth/407243.md?page=2)