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A comment on Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing. Parent comment

Re:Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing by mikeash on Friday August 25, 2017 @06:42PM (#15102848)
Should that be 98% of land mammals? Because I think the insects still outweigh us by quite a lot.
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Re:Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing by Gustomaximus on Friday August 25, 2017 @08:47PM (#15103438)
I looked it up as the 98% felt quite wrong. Amazed to see the amount earthworms made up.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass_(ecology)

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Re:Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing by mikeash on Friday August 25, 2017 @11:28PM (#15103902)
I had no idea either. I guess earthworms are mostly beneath (heh) our notice.
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