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What a clever idea! By the way, there are over 400,000 naturally occurring species of beetles. Beetles make up 25% of all animal forms according to Wikipedia.
by todd8 7y ago
What a clever idea!
By the way, there are over 400,000 naturally occurring species of beetles. Beetles make up 25% of all animal forms according to Wikipedia.
- onychomys 7y agoThere's been some new work that throws that percentage into doubt: https://www.insidescience.org/news/move-over-beetles-new-champions-diversity-are-parasitic-wasps https://www.insidescience.org/news/move-over-beetles-new-cha...
- mrob 7y agoReminds me of the (possibly apocryphal) Haldane quote, on what nature revealed about the mind of God: "An inordinate fondness for beetles." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._S._Haldane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._S._Haldane
- mc3 7y agoHumans: by mass, a very insignificant species.
- benibela 7y agoNot among land mammals: https://xkcd.com/1338/ https://xkcd.com/1338/