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Cyanobacteria are not animals, or even eukaryotes. It's right there in the name.
I'd personally agree that being eaten is bad whether it's by Jeffrey Dahmer or a lion, but that's a weird way of arguing for it.
Change animal with non-human.
Oh, I see. Yeah, all sorts of organisms can have impacts we don't like (and it is worth pointing out that biodiversity is itself a human goal).