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[–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Source: https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/einblick/single/news/wie-viele-ameisen-gibt-es-eigentlich-1/

But how many ants are there? [...] "According to our estimates, the global ant population is 20 x 10¹⁵ – that is, 20 quadrillion animals. [...]"

Divided by 8 billion yields the 2.5 million per person.

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