opossumo@lemmings.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL: There are roughly 2.5 million ants per personmessage-squaremessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down11
arrow-up1215arrow-down1message-squareTIL: There are roughly 2.5 million ants per personopossumo@lemmings.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square51linkfedilink
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoIt may sound like a lot, but that’s at maximum just 12.5kg (around 27.5 pounds) of ants.
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month ago12.5 kg of ants is, like, a LOT of ants.
minus-squareIninewcrow@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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.