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Matthew Freeman

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OK this is the mind-blowing image of the week for me: the total global biomass of mammals.

Wild animals are a tiny proportion.

From a paper by Ron Milo Lab at Weizmann Institute, via a great Oxford lecture by @marionkoopmans.bsky.social

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Aafke Vultink's avatar Aafke Vultink @aafkevultink.bsky.social
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You know what is mindblowing? Debate now; It's WOLVES fault.
Me be like; eh whát? Your enclosure is adorable. And we all love cute young animals. But let's get real here; to a wolf that cute meadow looks like an all you can eat buffet. Welcome in political lalaland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfU3...

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Aafke Vultink's avatar Aafke Vultink @aafkevultink.bsky.social
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Me to agriculture; if you can't deal with manure on your land acc to environment law, you do not have a manure problem you have a lifestock problem. We house more lifestock then we house people. It is a new pandemic waiting to happen; it is ridiculous #Netherlands www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfU3...

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Aafke Vultink's avatar Aafke Vultink @aafkevultink.bsky.social
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If shit turns green I will call a vet. Not a damn mechanic.

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Aafke Vultink's avatar Aafke Vultink @aafkevultink.bsky.social
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If that is mindblowing to you I raise you a manure debate...

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Keith M. Judge's avatar Keith M. Judge @optimist-press.bsky.social
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That's as depressing as the graph comparing biological matter to man-made material that covers the surface of the globe. There is less biological matter.

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guy, logy's avatar guy, logy @griefmachine.bsky.social
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for the people who didn't read that the graphic above only represents mammals

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GeroldLab's avatar GeroldLab @geroldlab.bsky.social
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And the biomass of viruses is estimated to be even bigger than that of humams.

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At the Edge of Columbia Plateau 's avatar At the Edge of Columbia Plateau @thomasbelfield.bsky.social
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we're doomed and soon the bill will be due.

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At the Edge of Columbia Plateau 's avatar At the Edge of Columbia Plateau @thomasbelfield.bsky.social
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not good, but what is these days?

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🐄📏👖🩳's avatar 🐄📏👖🩳 @clflngthjnshrts.bsky.social
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yeah

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Melissa Wilson's avatar Melissa Wilson @sexchrlab.bsky.social
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Cc @mammalssuck.bsky.social

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"Fuck every cause that ends in murder and children crying."'s avatar "Fuck every cause that ends in murder and children crying." @nocatsnomasters.bsky.social
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Kinda wish this had birds folded in, just to see where chickens rank.

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sagebiel 's avatar sagebiel @aiformal.bsky.social
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the cats @ginger146.bsky.social @charles-ex.bsky.social

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Su   Zi    's avatar Su Zi @suzi00.bsky.social
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We seem to be a murderous species.

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Marion Koopmans's avatar Marion Koopmans @marionkoopmans.bsky.social
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yes, I use this image a lot because it is so informative

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Annie Leymarie's avatar Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social
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Also shown here - though the figures are a little outdated as the trend keeps worsening

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fluids_guru's avatar fluids_guru @fluidsguru.bsky.social
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We’ve turned the planet into a cattle cult. Who is really in charge of planet earth ?

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Interesting. But this is just for mammals. I suspect insects would be much greater and fish would be much greater still.

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Joel M. Curzon's avatar Joel M. Curzon @joelcurzon.bsky.social
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Nothing says “overpopulation” more clearly than this.

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@HStiles1's avatar @HStiles1 @hstiles1.bsky.social
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How much is dogs & cats?

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Craig MacLean's avatar Craig MacLean @craigmaclean.bsky.social
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It isn’t just mammals - well over 50% of the biomass of birds is chickens. I wonder what this looks like for farmed v. wild fish.

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A. Heise's avatar A. Heise @aheise.bsky.social
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Now do ants

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