gumby7 minutes ago
Famously, when asked about a god, J.B.S. Haldane allegedly said that if there is a god or gods, they must have an “inordinate fondness for beetles.”
ortusdux28 minutes ago
Facts I try not to think about:
- More than 2/3rds of the world's avian biomass is poultry
- There are more Panda Expresses than pandas
lukeify19 minutes ago
Plastic?
gkoenig8 hours ago
It was fun and gave human written. Thanks for that!
nubinetworkan hour ago
Was surprised not to see whales on the list
SoftTalker36 minutes ago
I wonder if populations have fully recovered from the whale-oil era.
ceejayoz16 minutes ago
They've got a long, long way to go.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Whale_Populatio...
ninalanyon17 minutes ago
LOL
andai22 minutes ago
Obligatory xkcd has a nice visualization of the land mammals by mass:
liquid-monthly3 hours ago
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JoeAltmaier6 hours ago
Anaerobic bacteria in rock underground. Because they inhabit cubic volume, not 2D surfaces, there can be no comparison.
xboxnolifes33 minutes ago
I'm not sure what cubic volume vs 2D surfaces means to you, but these comparisons are by mass, not volume. Plus, anaerobic bacteria would only come up on top if you counted all of them as one species, which they are not.
