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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 55 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

we conservatively estimate 20 × 10^15 (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. -- source

If there's a lot of something, we mammals are going to learn how to eat it.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly. The ants were doing a lot more than existing

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Kind of the opposite, looks like evolution is trying desperately to get rid of ants, lol. Possibly replacing them with crabs.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Turn the ants into crabs.

Crab ants crab ants crab ants crab ants crab ants... And now it reads like a slur

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ant-eating crabs will be the ultimate result of evolution.

[–] Sphks@jlai.lu 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

With ants looking like tiny crabs

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

... eating even tinier ants

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

anteaters are a step on the path to crab, confirmed

[–] webp@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)