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Dial H For Hero

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9. We're not extenguishing ourselves. We're merely changing the proportion of the Earth's biomass which

Reply to disalitervisum (Original post)

Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:52 AM

Nov 2020

consists of humans and livestock.

Ten thousand years ago, humans and livestock comprised (roughly) 1% of the biomass of all mammals, the remaining 99% being wild.
Today, the numbers are: 36% hamans, 60% livestock (mostly cows and pigs), and 4% wild animals.

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Kinda cool watching my disgusting murderous bloodthirsty species extinguish itself [View all] disalitervisum Nov 2020 OP

not cool handmade34 Nov 2020 #1

the herd has become unsustainable. thinning will occur. bullimiami Nov 2020 #2

the numbers of deserved Darwin awards are stunning NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #3

Mother Nature does have her way of culling the herd. nt. dware Nov 2020 #4

It's NOT "cool" for the rest if us! procon Nov 2020 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2020 #6

Yes but there's an even bigger group that's letting them do it. Doremus Nov 2020 #11

Why can't there be an illness Piasladic Nov 2020 #7

I'd like to see a disease I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2020 #10

Much to your disappointment we are not extinguishing ourselves. former9thward Nov 2020 #8

We're not extenguishing ourselves. We're merely changing the proportion of the Earth's biomass which Dial H For Hero Nov 2020 #9