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> Current estimate of # of chickens in the world right now is about 33 billion. They outnumber us by over 4 to 1. > Their lives are short. And not very cheery.
by nordsieck 4y ago
> Current estimate of # of chickens in the world right now is about 33 billion. They outnumber us by over 4 to 1.
> Their lives are short. And not very cheery. But I feel like they may have won? Or are we winning because we have them confined?
It'd say it's more domestication rather than confinement.
The real creatures that are challenging humans are diseases and invasive species. So MRSA/Covid-19 and Africanized Honey Bees/feral hogs.
- smm11 4y agoMRSA is the real threat, IMO. I've been worried since Covid/masking/run-down immunities that this would really take hold, and we'd have a literal zombie outbreak. The feral hog bit doesn't concern me as much. I eat two or three pounds of that a week. Now if hog gives me MRSA, it's all over.
- cmrdporcupine 4y ago7+ billion humans -- high calorie bags of protein and fat -- on the planet, mostly concentrated into tight urban areas, seems like one hell of a good ... food ... source for ... something.