Patrick
Bread and CircusesLet this sink in for a minute...
Of all the mammals on Earth, 96% are livestock and humans.
Only 4% are wild mammals.
Of all birds in the world, 70% are chickens and other poultry, just 30% are wild.
Scott Kirvan⚜️ FAM 🎥🌕👩🚀Is this by biomass? I believe the rat population is about equal to the human population.
lolonurse@breadandcircuses
And when enough cavalier people finally realize that this is actually not good for THEM (because 'screw wildlife'), it could very well be too late for humans (& their food animals). But Mother Nature will replace us with the next phase of the experiment.
And when enough cavalier people finally realize that this is actually not good for THEM (because 'screw wildlife'), it could very well be too late for humans (& their food animals). But Mother Nature will replace us with the next phase of the experiment.
Catherine Schmidt@breadandcircuses how very sad. I am glad I am 70.
Joanna Czechowska@breadandcircuses stop eating meat or at least cut down to once a week.
Ian K Tindale@breadandcircuses
…but
Nearly 100% of insects are wild
Possibly livid, even
…but
Nearly 100% of insects are wild
Possibly livid, even
ex or current IDF unwelcome@breadandcircuses ah but ants outnumber them all. Them or cock roaches will rule after we've gone
Eric Hickman@breadandcircuses I would expect it’s hard to get a count of all the squirrels, bats, rats, mice, voles, etc. They typically refuse to stand in a line for me whenever I try to do a roll call. I wonder how they got their number?
Gebhard Hopfmüller@breadandcircuses
COULD it be that there are (far) too many humans?
COULD it be that there are (far) too many humans?
Golda@breadandcircuses wait was this stat by count or by weight? when i originally read it i thought it was by weight but I might not remember
@breadandcircuses "We find out that humans and their livestock now comprise about 96% of all mammal biomass on Earth. All other mammals – whales, sea lions, bears, elephants, badgers, shrews, deer, bear, cougars, rats, wolves, and all the rest – are about 4.2%."
Its still significant! but there are more rats & ground squirrels than this would have us think by count.
Bill OrcuttIMHO the blindingly obvious truth is that earth cannot support 70B+ farmed animals & we can end Animal Ag by Eating Plant Based or Eating Vegan or choosing the EAT Lancet global diet!
Being vegan is as good for humans’ health as it is for animal welfare. There is no nutritional need for humans to eat any animal product; all our dietary needs, even as infants and children, are best supplied by a meatless diet.. https://www.bing.com/search?q=Being+Vegan%3A+healthy+and+humane%7C+PETA&cvid=f258ffb8edff4b1186d374960a6bab39&aqs=edge..69i57.46707j0j1&pglt=43&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=W046
✔️ out:
https://eatforum.org/eat-lancet-commission/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/opinion/climate-sustainability-agriculture-lobby.htm/ https://50by40.org/2022/03/03/5-key-takeaways-latest-ipcc-report-on-food-systems/ https://www.vegkit.com/blog/going-vegan-can-switching-to-a-plant-based-diet-really-save-the-planet/
So, For the planet, please #EatPlantBased, #EatVegan or #EATLancet.
TheCityDweller 
@breadandcircuses Humans are the biggest invasive species of the world. That has been known for a long time. Human beings will always destroy nature, acting short sighted on short term well-being and food and power on others.
Despite the human being intelligent.
Despite the human being intelligent.
Doug BostromWildly successful hack of our species by selfish genes, this.
LisaInBlueAZ
Linc
Cher Tailor@breadandcircuses But the fish? Oh boy... those funky lil lanternfish are everywhere. >.>
TheLadyVet@breadandcircuses Can you share sources? This is astounding!!
Tamar@breadandcircuses
And all of us are standing on a mountain of nematodes.
And all of us are standing on a mountain of nematodes.
Mike Taylor 🦕@breadandcircuses I find this very hard to believe. Surely rodents account for more than 4% of mammals. What's the source?
Luke MacNeil@breadandcircuses what percent is dinosaurs? That all our horrible human fault too?
We’re 4.5 billion years into this planet. It doesn’t seem too concerned about the poultry population.
Deno 🚴🏻🏞️🇪🇺@breadandcircuses what really scares me is that we are at or near the point where Earth is like a huge aquarium.
Anyone who ever owned an aquarium will know what I'm talking about. When something goes wrong, it takes a whole lot of efforts to establish the equilibrium in an aquarium again. And something always goes wrong.
Steve Moore 
@breadandcircuses
In the sci-fi version it turns out humans are host to a behavior modifying microorganism, similar to toxoplasma (the 'cat parasite'), that directs humans to risky actions reducing species diversification with the aim of increasing the availability of more bulky, easily manipulated hosts.
In the sci-fi version it turns out humans are host to a behavior modifying microorganism, similar to toxoplasma (the 'cat parasite'), that directs humans to risky actions reducing species diversification with the aim of increasing the availability of more bulky, easily manipulated hosts.