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I'm fairly sure there weren't 1.5 billion cows in the world before humans.

• t-3 7mo ago
  There were many other large mammals, but we've destroyed a lot of biodiversity already.
  • oblio 7mo ago
    Yes, but there weren't that many large grazing animals because most of the world was covered in woods, not pastures. Trees are the most successful large creatures and we've probably reduced their habitat by 50%. That's the actual tragedy. Forests contain a lot more like per cubic km than pastures do.