In 170 Years, Wild Mammal Biomass Has Halved, While Livestock Biomass Has Quintupled. 95% of Mammals on Earth Are Now Livestock and Humans, Leaving Only 5% for Wildlife
In 170 Years, Wild Mammal Biomass Has Halved, While Livestock Biomass Has Quintupled. 95% of Mammals on Earth Are Now Livestock and Humans, Leaving Only 5% for Wildlife
95% of mammals’ biomass is humans and livestock, not total population. Livestock and humans weigh more than most mammals
Hefty-Willingness-44 on
So… which one should I eat?
_ianisalifestyle_ on
Iceland, Japan and Norway (plus some indigenous peoples) continue to legally eat whale … here’s the whale biomass lost (from the cited Nature article).
I’m a bit skeptical of such figures. Livestock is tracked, somewhat, but wildlife is largely a guess.
jrralls on
“Oh, so Mother Nature needs a favor?! Well, maybe she should have thought of that when she was besetting us with droughts and floods and poison monkeys. Nature started the fight for survival, and now she wants to quit because she’s losing. Well, I say hard cheese.”
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95% of mammals’ biomass is humans and livestock, not total population. Livestock and humans weigh more than most mammals
So… which one should I eat?
Iceland, Japan and Norway (plus some indigenous peoples) continue to legally eat whale … here’s the whale biomass lost (from the cited Nature article).
https://preview.redd.it/frispz9vnpyf1.png?width=1196&format=png&auto=webp&s=72a7fb5038dc94b0eacee7495ea0e8bbfd56a27f
I’m a bit skeptical of such figures. Livestock is tracked, somewhat, but wildlife is largely a guess.
“Oh, so Mother Nature needs a favor?! Well, maybe she should have thought of that when she was besetting us with droughts and floods and poison monkeys. Nature started the fight for survival, and now she wants to quit because she’s losing. Well, I say hard cheese.”