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TIL: There are roughly 2.5 million ants per person

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TIL: There are roughly 2.5 million ants per person - Lemmings.world

Lemmy

Dec 8 at 8:23pmWeb
Show threadbreakingcupsDec 8
Where can I claim mine?
Show threadLOGIC💣Dec 8
Just stick your bare hand in this bag and grab whatever you need. Did I mention that your share are all bullet ants?
Show threadLost_My_MindDec 8

Don’t listen to this guy. Stick your hand in MY bag. There’s no bullet ants in here. Just reach in, and grab the handle inside, and shake it to release the ants.

Yeah girl, shake it real hard! Just like that! Yeeeeaaaahhhhh…

Show threadsemirDec 8
username checks out, wait does this work here?
Show threadpotoooooooo ✅️Dec 9
Nope. Sorry. Nobody has any idea what you’re talking about. Like is the username buying something at a store or…!?
Show threadIninewcrowDec 8
I’ve got a mechanical device that will shake the ants out …. I’ll just crank it up to 10,000 rpm so I can get my ants fast and be on my way ….. let me just adjust the carburetor so I pull start the engine to get started …. HOLD STILL!!!
Show threadunmagicalDec 8
At an average weight of 2.5 mg per ant that’s 6.25 kg of ants per person or about the weight of a 6 month old human baby.
Show threadpotoooooooo ✅️Dec 9
And I could beat the shit out of a 6 month old baby, so I think I’m fine.
Show threadLenaDec 8
Where are my personal ants?
Show threadEvil KittyDec 8
Mike stole them
Show threadDiddlydeeDec 8
There are approximately two popes per km in the Vatican.
Show threadEvil KittyDec 8
Global population per capita is 1
Show threadpotoooooooo ✅️Dec 9
What are the odds of this? How do people deny a creator!?
Show threadAkasazhDec 9
The average human has less than two legs. Or brain hemispheres.
Show threadGrandwolf319Dec 8
It may sound like a lot, but that’s just 12.5kg (around 27 pounds) of ants.
Show threadIninewcrowDec 8
I remember reading once that world wide, all the ants on the planet weigh collectively more than all the elephants put together on the planet.
Show threadLemmyoutofhereDec 9

12.5 kg of ants is, like, a LOT of ants.

Show threadpanda_abyssDec 9
Well now I want ants.
Show threaddeterministDec 8
what am I supposed to do with 2.5 million ants??
Show threadAtelopus-zetekiDec 8
most of them are pretty small.
Show threadZorqueDec 8

Everyone gets one human sized ant.

She’s got a job, so you don’t need to worry about her, though.

Show threadmadcaesarDec 8
If you can train each one to bring you a cent you’d be a rich man!
Show threadTachyonTeleDec 8
You’d need decoy ants too. So no one can follow their trail.
Show threadarsCynicDec 8
Give each and every one of them housing and health care. 🖤🐜
Show threadTachyonTeleDec 8
And there would be even more if it wasn’t for those damned kids!
Show threadSeeMarkFlyDec 8
Take the magnifying lens away from the kids.
Show threadmr_accountDec 8
Anyone else have a mental image of the guy in John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness who says “pray for death” as his body falls apart into a pile of ants?
Show threadHoohooDec 8
So most of them are just living because of reckless abandonment!
Show threadarsCynicDec 8
“The average person has one Fallopian tube.” ―Bo Burnham
Show threadMouselemmingDec 9
And <1 ball
Show threadMissJinxDec 9
a bit more to be fair
Show threadpotoooooooo ✅️Dec 9
I didn’t get any. :( Can someone share their extras? Redistribute fallopian tubes!
Show threadfoodandartDec 8
I hope mine are fire ants!
Show threadTachyonTeleDec 8
All ants are fire yo
Show threadBootLoopDec 9
I don’t think the average person could defend themselves against 2.5m ants. They could overthrow us at any moment.
Show threadedgemaster72Dec 9
Show threadpanda_abyssDec 9
All we have to do is get them going in a circle
Show threadAgent641Dec 9
Do I get prep time?
Show threadSunsofoldDec 9
An indefinite amount. They could come for you today. They could come for you in 43 years. You’ll never know until you see the wave marching across your shoes.
Show threadEpheraDec 9

Source: uni-wuerzburg.de/…/wie-viele-ameisen-gibt-es-eige…

But how many ants are there? […] “According to our estimates, the global ant population is 20 x 10¹⁵ – that is, 20 quadrillion animals. […]”

Divided by 8 billion yields the 2.5 million per person.

How many ants are there?

Have you ever asked yourself this question? A team led by Würzburg biologists Dr. Patrick Schultheiss and Dr. Sabine Nooten now has the answer. In addition to the number, the distribution was also determined.

Show threadkindredDec 9
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Show threadGabooseDec 9
Wait, really? How do I get mine?
Show threadnexguyDec 9
Star by rubbing syrup all over yourself. Then lie down in the grass. Then start squirming around. Then roll around. What was the question?
Show threadpotoooooooo ✅️Dec 9
I don’t know, but I need a cigarette. Hope it was good for you, too.
Show threadGreenKnight23Dec 9
I must have killed at least 10 peoples worth of ants in my garden this year.
Show threadopossumoDec 12
Explains why the ecosystem is collapsing.
Show threadMyMindIsLikeAnOceanDec 9
Well, on my property it’s probably 70 million ants and just me. I’m doing the real work.
Show thread🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 Dec 9
Alright… So what the fuck am I supposed to do with 2.5m ants?
Show threadPringlesDec 9
But can they fuck up the environment the way we do? I don’t think so
Show threadquick_snailDec 9
Citation needed.