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Truth of it’s the opposite. Even now general estimates put insect and fish biomass at significantly eclipsing mammal biomass. Insects might be small, but there
by NineStarPoint 4y ago
Truth of it’s the opposite. Even now general estimates put insect and fish biomass at significantly eclipsing mammal biomass. Insects might be small, but there are so many of them that it doesn’t matter.
- garborg 4y agoIndeed. Insects, then fish, then everything else, per https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humans-make-110000th-earths-biomass-180969141/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humans-make-110000...
- krisoft 4y ago> Insects, then fish, then everything else, That is not how I read your source. It seems to be plants, then bacteria, then everything else.
- pfdietz 4y agoThere's a species of small fish in the deep ocean that may have as many as a quadrillion individuals.