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molotovzav t1_iy6atf1 wrote

My reaction to this: this is fucked up (I hate insects, but I'm not going out of my way to interact with them either so I'm not a super big killer). 25% is alarmingly high, but it's an insect and probably has some crucial purpose in their respective ecosystems.

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L0gical_Parad0x t1_iy8zilz wrote

You'll probably hate this fact then. "Integrating data from all continents and major biomes, we conservatively estimate 20 × 1015 (20 quadrillion) ants on Earth, with a total biomass of 12 megatons of dry carbon. This exceeds the combined biomass of wild birds and mammals and equals 20% of human biomass"

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