• chetradley@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    We’re undoubtedly in the midst of another mass extinction, caused by human activity. Here’s another one that will freak you out:

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      5 months ago

      This makes no sense… It says pets aren’t included.

      There are 500-700 million dogs worldwide. There are only just under 59 million horses.

      I don’t believe any of this as a result.

      Edit: and 35 million camels …and only a billion cattle. This entire thing is demonstrably bullshit.

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      5 months ago

      Why is that supposed to freak me out? We cultivate animals for consumption and there’s not a 1:1 absorption/usage ratio. Now add insect biomass.

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        5 months ago

        It doesn’t help that we chose the meatiest animals to keep as livestock and then made sure they got even fatter than they started by any means necessary. One factory farmed cow probably weighs like 12 wild deer and a few wild rabbits for good measure.