It's easy to understand why yukkuri is a big threat to forest, they consume large food a day, kill bugs and destroy various plants.
At the same time, their poop is also literally food, and it doesn't seem to be something non-yukkuri found repulsive, so they can also serve as living (?) fertilising agents in the ecosystem too. Not to mention more often than not, they're located at the barrel bottom of any food chains they're in.
At the same time, their poop is also literally food, and it doesn't seem to be something non-yukkuri found repulsive, so they can also serve as living (?) fertilising agents in the ecosystem too. Not to mention more often than not, they're located at the barrel bottom of any food chains they're in.
About the poop thing, boshiherondasu has one post depicting that poop is the source of infection, so yeah, they're food and fertilizer, but unfortunately, that's just a minor plus compared to the diseases thing they may cause. And what's more, they need a place to stay, right? Unlike animals that prefer caves, yukkuris desire a small hole underneath the tree, because a large cave means that they cannot properly "seal" it, and yukkuri is notorious for their ownership over things. So yeah, those are pests.
At the same time, their poop is also literally food, and it doesn't seem to be something non-yukkuri found repulsive, so they can also serve as living (?) fertilising agents in the ecosystem too. Not to mention more often than not, they're located at the barrel bottom of any food chains they're in.
1. Yukkuri's dung is their old bean paste that emits bad memory scent, somehow that's the power of belief - yukkuri thinks poo poo smells bad then it's bad. 0_o". However, it's edible so yukkurinpeace eat this to protest killing :) (just kidding, no artist writes that). 2. Since it's edible food, insects and bacteria get attracted instead of scarabs. 3. The reason that animal can contribute to forest by dumping shit is their limited population. Yukkuri are omnivorous, and produce at light speed. From one or two pairs, they can form a swarm of hundreds. That's why the Factory have to control yu population by killing herds. It's similar to stray cats, they can destroy ecosystem. 4. Animal have fear, yukkuri don't. If you kick or kill yukkuri to warn, they shit and come back again. 5. Many artists have idea that yukkuri harm forests. 6. The only benefit that yukkuri have is become human's stress relief toys. In yukkuri universe, people are ready to pay an expensive price to abuse them. That's all. I respect your idea but don't agree with it. Bringing too much real life science for fictional creature can wage a war.