• 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 months ago

    we conservatively estimate 20 × 10^15 (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. – source

    If there’s a lot of something, we mammals are going to learn how to eat it.