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Comment on Antz in my Pantz
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
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. – source
If there’s a lot of something, we mammals are going to learn how to eat it.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Saleh@feddit.org 3 days ago
12 megatons of dry carbon
en.wikipedia.org/…/Composition_of_the_human_body
Carbon is supposed to make up about 18.5% of the mass of a human body. So 60 megatons divided by 18.5% is 324 megatons.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Are you calling us fat ?
Saleh@feddit.org 1 day ago
No. Fat is long hydrocarbon chains with a carbonic acid group on one end and then esterized to glycerol, formally propan- 1,2,3- triol.
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Exactly. The ants were doing a lot more than existing