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Humanity making progress like it always does(mbin.grits.dev)

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chetradley@lemmy.world
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We’re undoubtedly in the midst of another mass extinction, caused by human activity. Here’s another one that will freak you out:

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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Why is that supposed to freak me out? We cultivate animals for consumption and there’s not a 1:1 absorption/usage ratio. Now add insect biomass.

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stebo02@sopuli.xyz
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And that’s only because whales and elephants are so massive.

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meowMix2525@lemm.ee
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It doesn’t help that we chose the meatiest animals to keep as livestock and then made sure they got even fatter than they started by any means necessary. One factory farmed cow probably weighs like 12 wild deer and a few wild rabbits for good measure.

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Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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This makes no sense… It says pets aren’t included.

There are 500-700 million dogs worldwide. There are only just under 59 million horses.

I don’t believe any of this as a result.

Edit: and 35 million camels …and only a billion cattle. This entire thing is demonstrably bullshit.

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freijon@lemmings.world
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TIL there are animals called Ass

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mozz@mbin.grits.devOP
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Here’s a fun one about the fish:

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