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Humans and our domesticated animals really dominate the planets resources. I wonder how long it can sustain us mistreating it like we do. "Humans and their liv
by sorenjan 4y ago
Humans and our domesticated animals really dominate the planets resources. I wonder how long it can sustain us mistreating it like we do.
"Humans and their livestock represent 96% of all mammals on earth in terms of biomass, whereas all wild mammals represent only 4%"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass_%28ecology%29#/media/File:Distribution-of-earths-mammals.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass_%28ecology%29#/media/F...
"The standing biomass of domesticated poultry, mostly chickens, has been calculated as 5 Mt C, about three times higher than the total biomass of all wild bird species combined"
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.180325 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.180...
- jiggawatts 4y agohttps://xkcd.com/1338/ https://xkcd.com/1338/