There are currently over 8 billion people on Earth. Yes, that’s a lot BUT there are about 1.4 billion insects for every human. Combined, they weigh about 70x more than all of us.
And insects have been around for over 350 million years. That's longer than the dinosaurs. Modern humans only showed up between 200-300,000 years ago.
We need insects to survive. They don't need us. This is their world. #science #history
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •They've been around 350 million years and what have they done? Silk? Admittedly impressive. Pollination of plants is useful but mammals can and do do that.
We've been around less than 0.1% of that time and we have iPhones. Also Raid.
There are more viruses than beetles.
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Why I laughed when someone said, absolutely serious, "Man is the dominant species."
Do you know how many insects there are?
He would not budge.
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •So true.
Do I have to make friends with spider? Ick!
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