negativenull comments on The planet still belongs to the dinosaurs.

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[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

There are more species of birds (dinosaurs) alive today than there are mammal species

10,000 vs 6,000 (ish)

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[–] tyler@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

The bird count is over 11k now! I think something like 11300ish. Let me look it up.

OK it’s 11250!

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[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

It really is the bird's world still

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[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

All wild mammals combined are about 1/10th the biomass of humans.

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