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Mammals have evolved into ant eaters 12 times since the dinosaur age,study finds (phys.org)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 20 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Ants should stop being so fcking tasty if they don't want to be eaten.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Tasty barely has anything to do with it, they should stop being the most common animal on the planet by like a factor of 8.

    The total biomass of Earth's ant population is estimated at around 12 megatons, that's a fucking lot. I'm told this exceeds the total combined biomass of all wild birds and non-human mammals, and matches about 20% of total human biomass.

    If you put all the creatures of the Earth in a bag and pulled one out at random, you're about 50% likely to pull an ant.

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