RE: How many species on Earth? 8.7 million give or take
August 29, 2011 at 8:39 am
(This post was last modified: August 29, 2011 at 8:43 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Anyone who's ever tried to drag a commercial scale cricket box to more suitable ground can attest to the weight of insects.
"Ants are arguably the greatest success story in the history of terrestrial metazoa. On average, ants monopolize 15-20% of the terrestrial animal biomass, and in tropical regions where ants are especially abundant, they monopolize 25% or more."
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: In search of ant ancestors.)
Just some ants, so keep the bug spray on hand, cuz we're outnumbered AND out of our weight class.
http://books.google.com/books/about/Gard...vwKvkXcooC
"Ants are arguably the greatest success story in the history of terrestrial metazoa. On average, ants monopolize 15-20% of the terrestrial animal biomass, and in tropical regions where ants are especially abundant, they monopolize 25% or more."
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: In search of ant ancestors.)
Just some ants, so keep the bug spray on hand, cuz we're outnumbered AND out of our weight class.
http://books.google.com/books/about/Gard...vwKvkXcooC
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