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Environment & Energy

GenXer47

(1,204 posts) Wed Aug 16, 2023, 03:16 PM Aug 2023

Most Populous Animals On Earth [View all]

https://www.worldatlas.com/animals/most-populous-animals-on-earth.html

Even adding up all the farm animals, domestic pets, plus deer and opossums, I only get 6.8 billion to humans' 7.9 billion.

I guess I was trying to find a mammalian species with a comparable population that I could point to to say: they can live sustainably, why can't we?

The cows get a pass for their methane farts, btw. It's not their fault.

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Most Populous Animals On Earth [View all] GenXer47 Aug 2023 OP

No rats/mice/voles/shrews on that list...... getagrip_already Aug 2023 #1

And lettuce not forget the bats! GreenWave Aug 2023 #2

The cows get a pass? Sneederbunk Aug 2023 #3

For some reason.... Think. Again. Aug 2023 #4

More stats SpamWyzer Aug 2023 #5

The "cow, methane, deforestation" link would be resolved if humans gave up eating beef. Magoo48 Aug 2023 #6

+100 Duppers Aug 2023 #7

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