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Big Floppy Slams San Francisco

Well there’s no way they didn’t know what to expect!

I read a while ago that humans probably have ants out-chonked since some time ago when we started gaining weight as a population.

Had to check back on this since that little factoid has stuck with me since reading it.

Per this journal from 2022, https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2201550119

Integrating data from all continents and major biomes, we conservatively estimate 20 × 1015 (20 quadrillion) ants on Earth, with a total biomass of 12 megatons of dry carbon. This exceeds the combined biomass of wild birds and mammals and equals 20% of human biomass.

Because if there’s anything worth getting scientific about, it’s us vs the ant horde.

This is why you’re the doctor.

Totally thought this was an Onion headline, and laughed.

Woo! Why not 6?