• Ephera@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    Even in terms of pure mass, the dominant species is actually ants: Estimates for biomass show humans at 60 megatons and ants at 70 megatons.

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      6 months ago

      Ants aren’t a species. Ants is a family of insects, containing over 20000 species. Just, in case anyone was wondering…

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        6 months ago

        I knew typing out the word “species” in a science community would get me into trouble… 🫠