Animal Distortion!

Science and Technology
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Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals – study

Humankind is revealed as simultaneously insignificant and utterly dominant in the grand scheme of life on Earth by a groundbreaking new assessment of all life on the planet. The world’s 7.6 billion people represent just 0.01% of all living things, according to the study. Yet since the dawn of civilisation, humanity has caused the loss of 83% of all wild mammals and half of plants, while livestock kept by humans abounds. The new work is the first comprehensive estimate of the weight of every class of living creature and overturns some long-held assumptions. Bacteria are indeed a major life form – 13% of everything – but plants overshadow everything, representing 82% of all living matter. All other creatures, from insects to fungi, to fish and animals, make up just 5% of the world’s biomass.
Invasion of the Planet Snatchers :lol:
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humanity has caused the loss of 83% of all wild mammals and half of plants,
Ballpark estimate? If accurate the effects of mass extinctions may be exaggerated, then. Either way it's good to be king -- of mammals at least.
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humanity has caused the loss of 83% of all wild mammals and half of plants,
Ballpark estimate? If accurate the effects of mass extinctions may be exaggerated, then. Either way it's good to be king -- of mammals at least.
Oh, I disagree, kings always fall in the end. There will come a time when being the least of us will offer a survival advantage. The insect was here long before us and had conquered horticulture, husbandry, flight and long distance communication even before the mighty dinosaur ruled and fell, and are ultimately better equipped to survive global calamities. The insect will inherit the world, IMO.
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Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth

The new analysis shows that while meat and dairy provide just 18% of calories and 37% of protein, it uses the vast majority – 83% – of farmland and produces 60% of agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions. Other recent research shows 86% of all land mammals are now livestock or humans. The scientists also found that even the very lowest impact meat and dairy products still cause much more environmental harm than the least sustainable vegetable and cereal growing.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding-meat-and-dairy-is-single-biggest-way-to-reduce-your-impact-on-earth Eat the Planet!