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The Biomass of mammals on Earth is sobering. Livestock, mostly cattle and pigs (60%) Humans (36%) Wild animals (4%)
by almost_usual 6y ago
The Biomass of mammals on Earth is sobering.
Livestock, mostly cattle and pigs (60%)
Humans (36%)
Wild animals (4%)
- cmrdporcupine 6y agoOh, just wait until you include avians. There are so many chickens. Soooo many.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- backtracking 6y agoIt shows the ability of humans to preserve and propagate animal species when there is an incentive to do so. No need to worry about cows going extinct.
- billme 6y agoDepends on how you define extinct; for example: how many bovine are there in the wild? Are domestic bovine genetically equivalent to prior wild bovine populations? Etc.
- gibolt 6y agoWhile it is crazy, all of the animals listed are already some of the largest physical beings on the planet. Multiply them to 10000x the size of other animal populations, and this is what the scale will turn to.