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[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

There are more species of birds (dinosaurs) alive today than there are mammal species

10,000 vs 6,000 (ish)

[–] tyler@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The bird count is over 11k now! I think something like 11300ish. Let me look it up.

OK it’s 11250!

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

It really is the bird's world still

[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

All wild mammals combined are about 1/10th the biomass of humans.