opossumo@lemmings.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL: There are roughly 2.5 million ants per personmessage-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down11
arrow-up1209arrow-down1message-squareTIL: There are roughly 2.5 million ants per personopossumo@lemmings.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-22 days agoIt may sound like a lot, but that’s at maximum just 12.5kg (around 27.5 pounds) of ants.
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days ago12.5 kg of ants is, like, a LOT of ants.
minus-squareIninewcrow@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI remember reading once that world wide, all the ants on the planet weigh collectively more than all the elephants put together on the planet.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-217 hours agoIt’s actually more than the combined mass of all wild birds and mammals. Another fun insect fact: there are more species of beetles than all of the other species combined.
It may sound like a lot, but that’s at maximum just 12.5kg (around 27.5 pounds) of ants.
12.5 kg of ants is, like, a LOT of ants.
Well now I want ants.
I remember reading once that world wide, all the ants on the planet weigh collectively more than all the elephants put together on the planet.
It’s actually more than the combined mass of all wild birds and mammals.
Another fun insect fact: there are more species of beetles than all of the other species combined.