We think we're so cool, what with our
ample free parking and choice of toppings. But look, really the only
valid way to determine a species' dominance is to measure its
biomass. How much would everyone weigh if we were mushed together and
put on an extremely large bathroom scale? Sadly, we have to be
content with informed estimates. Together, humans weigh in at about
350 million metric tons. Krill, termites, and cattle all have us
beat. And cyanobacteria, those little dudes who triggered the
greatest extinction event ever, outweigh us by a factor of three.
We're not even contenders.
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Hey, we're not as fat as we think we are!
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