opossumo@lemmings.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 个月前TIL: There are roughly 2.5 million ants per personmessage-squaremessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down11
arrow-up1214arrow-down1message-squareTIL: There are roughly 2.5 million ants per personopossumo@lemmings.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 个月前message-square51linkfedilink
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 个月前It may sound like a lot, but that’s at maximum just 12.5kg (around 27.5 pounds) of ants.
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 个月前12.5 kg of ants is, like, a LOT of ants.
minus-squareIninewcrow@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 个月前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.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 个月前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.
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.