smeg ( @smeg@feddit.uk ) English31•25 days agoIsn’t it one in every four different animals that are beetles? I’d imagine if you picked four random animals they’d mainly be nematodes. Or if it’s by mass they’d be humans and cows!
Car ( @Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English29•25 days agoPedantry is always important! I would argue that ants would be selected over humans by both mass and population
smeg ( @smeg@feddit.uk ) English8•25 days agoAh, I was thinking of this xkcd but it’s land mammals only!
Car ( @Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English8•25 days agoI did some low-effort Googling and now I’m seeing that maybe some sea critters like krill have the highest non-bacteria biomass.
Either way, none of these are beetles!
flora_explora ( @flora_explora@beehaw.org ) English6•25 days agoBut biomass shouldn’t be relevant here, right? Individual numbers determine how many friends you might potentially have.
Pilon23 ( @Pilon23@feddit.dk ) English2•25 days agoKeep arguing folks, i’m learning so much that i never knew i needed to learn. Quickly turning into my favourite community here <3
flora_explora ( @flora_explora@beehaw.org ) English2•25 days agoThe takeaway message: to maximize your number of potential friends, focus on making invertebrate friends and don’t bother with the few billion humans ;)
driving_crooner ( @driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ) English2•25 days agoWhat about plankton? Aren’t they animals?
smeg ( @smeg@feddit.uk ) English1•25 days agoMarine plankton include bacteria, archaea, algae, protozoa, microscopic fungi, and drifting or floating animals that inhabit the saltwater of oceans and the brackish waters of estuaries
RobotFK ( @RobotFK@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English13•25 days agoThis is kafkaesque
Jesus_666 ( @Jesus_666@feddit.de ) English3•25 days agoOne day Gregor Samsa woke up and realized he had at least three friends.
Owl ( @BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ) English4•25 days agoOh then I guess…
Let it be, let it beee ee (tle)
Darohan ( @Darohan@lemmy.zip ) English3•25 days agoPaul, John, George, and Ringo were 4 friends, and they were all Beatles, so I think they might have skewed this data a little?
ColeSloth ( @ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ) English1•25 days agoHow long till it’s a crab?
Zerush ( @Zerush@lemmy.ml ) English1•25 days agoKafka knew it