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pezident66 t1_iy64hfb wrote

I'm so dumb I thought animals and insects were two different things.

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no_step t1_iy64ugn wrote

There is a story, possibly apocryphal, of the distinguished British biologist, J.B.S. Haldane, who found himself in the company of a group of theologians. On being asked what one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation, Haldane is said to have answered, “An inordinate fondness for beetles.”

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JamCCH t1_iy65nj4 wrote

Depends on how you define species tho

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Xul-luX t1_iy67wru wrote

so, beetle burgers are the future.

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A40 t1_iy68edn wrote

Nematodes laugh at beetles.

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GoblinCorp t1_iy68xvp wrote

I believe this factoid came from a Sue Hubbel book but there are 90lbs of insects for every 1l a of human flesh.

Hope they don't get organized.

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rxneutrino t1_iy68zns wrote

>Approximately one quarter of all animal species known to science and a third of all described insects are beetles. 

1/4 of all animal species are beetles, and beetles are 1/3 of all insects. TIL 3/4 of all animal species are insects.

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Scumwaffle t1_iy69txz wrote

At one point in time 25% of all vehicles were beetles too.

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molotovzav t1_iy6atf1 wrote

My reaction to this: this is fucked up (I hate insects, but I'm not going out of my way to interact with them either so I'm not a super big killer). 25% is alarmingly high, but it's an insect and probably has some crucial purpose in their respective ecosystems.

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mogreen57 t1_iy6g45r wrote

But how many know about us?

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flippythemaster t1_iy6isdn wrote

I mean, think about how many times you’ve had to buy The White Album. So many different formats….

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herbw t1_iy6o6jf wrote

And not space faring so will eventually go extinct.

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herbw t1_iy6okm1 wrote

Replying to no_step (#749,480)

And not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it's stranger than we CAN imagine.

The brain isn't that big or good at info storing or processing .Too small.

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herbw t1_iy6ove2 wrote

Replying to Bierbart12 (#749,739)

Bacteria live off and on us. We don't live on them.

Let's be clear about colon bacteria, they are longer living and hardier than we are. Long after humans are gone, the bacteria will still rule earth. As they have for billions of years.

We will carry them into space and they will survive us on our habitats and the planets, there, too. Billions of years old, they will outlast us as they have already.

The lowly chloroplasts and MC also will, too. We are just the ways their nutrients are recycled, and increased.

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206grey t1_iy78by0 wrote

Scarabs were revered for a reason.

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rimshot101 t1_iy85sdl wrote

I once heard some science guy say that every fourth animal in the world is a beetle. I thought he said every fourth animal in the world is a meal, which sounded more right than beetle.

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blumdiddlyumpkin t1_iy8t31e wrote

Replying to herbw (#753,558)

Not that good at it as compared to what? I’d say the brain is exceptional at info storing and processing. I’m honestly shocked sometimes by how much information is in my brain.

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L0gical_Parad0x t1_iy8zilz wrote

Replying to molotovzav (#750,708)

You'll probably hate this fact then. "Integrating data from all continents and major biomes, we conservatively estimate 20 × 1015 (20 quadrillion) ants on Earth, with a total biomass of 12 megatons of dry carbon. This exceeds the combined biomass of wild birds and mammals and equals 20% of human biomass"

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