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by Mee

Humans are on top of their food chain, e.g. phytoplankton -> zooplankton -> mackerel -> tuna -> human, bears are on the top of theirs (same as before but tuna -> bear). On a food chain involving both species, bear would be above since humans don't eat bears.

Fun fact: humans are nothing but a liability for nature as they provide little to no advantages and it could self-regulate without them just fine.

 

Ok I will break this down:

Well, given the assumption that one judges position by distinction of predator
and prey, humans would be at the top of the food chain, as we have no direct
competition from any predators. However, if we look at it from the point of
whether we are "immune" from being fed upon, the answer is no.

To explain
this further, if we go into shark-infested waters without the protection of a
shark cage or (as proven by Mythbusters recently) dolphins, there is a good
chance that we will become the prey and, thus, be demoted from the top position
in the food chain. Further, if you want to take this to another extreme, if one
eats contaminated food and becomes infected with parasites such as tapeworms,
one could see that as a potential demotion as well.

In my opinion, we are
at the top of the food chain (or food web if one wishes to use the alternate
concept) since we have the capability to attack any other form of life (whether
single-celled organism or brain-bearing animal) or defend ourselves against it
effectively due to our ability to use tools (including medicines).

Human:

Cunning, as strong or as fast as I train to be, capable of learning a vast array of skills, use reason, and advanced logic. Capable empathizing with an therefore understanding my pry and how they think to better manipulate them into giving me what I want from them. The ability to use and create tools from my environment... etc, etc, etc...

I am a human, THE apex predator, our species rules the world... More over I am a 21st century, well off, healthy, fit, white, attractive, American, male... I was born into arguably the luckiest possible circumstances of any animal in earthly existence.

This is moronic...

Humans can and do eat bears. We could easily wipe out their species if we decided too.

and nature would self regulate regardless of the species you took out.

E. Coli

Bacteria are the pathogens that cause deadly illness and disease in their human hosts. Millions of people every year die because of these tiny living beings that multiply in our system and take advantage of any weaknesses they find. Defining “deadly bacteria” is difficult because there are many factors, including do you look at what has killed the most in history, or the bacteria that is fatal without treatment but made innocuous with treatment? 

lol Good one Gia. You're the silent, pervasive killer striking anyone and everyone willing to eat processed sandwich meat (and other rude things). 

lol...

I would be a Stonefish. Quick, camo'ed, and you know what they say about ugly motherfuckers. Nature may have fucked you in the face but it gave a nice tip. Aka super venomous spines that are capable of maiming/killing victims to the toxin. 

Id definately be a cockroach

I sleep dirty, I scare people away and specially girls and i expect to survive fall out.

It would be inadvisable to pick any other living creature than the human one.

But for the sake of the argument I could pick any member of the human microbiota, that can control that stubborn ape's behavior, is resistant to a wide variety of antibiotics and proliferates uncontrollably. Probably some weirdly mutated strain of Escherichia Coli.

Nah, would probably still pick human.

I enjoy my own stupidity too much.

At first I should clarify that by no means did I suggest that bears are more advanced than humans. In fact, humans are the top species. I didn't knew that bears are eatable, though. Nevertheless, bears are still on the top of their food chain which means that they have lesser threats than let's say deers.

Humans are mere consumers that cut forests, increase pollution and harm nature in plenty other ways and don't provide nearly as much benefits.