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Re:Holocene Extinction by almost_usual on Friday May 08, 2020 @10:49AM (#23115376)
The Biomass of mammals on Earth is sobering.

Livestock, mostly cattle and pigs (60%) Humans (36%) Wild animals (4%)

Re:Holocene Extinction by cmrdporcupine on Friday May 08, 2020 @10:55AM (#23115452)
Oh, just wait until you include avians. There are so many chickens. Soooo many.
Re:Holocene Extinction by gibolt on Friday May 08, 2020 @12:56PM (#23116854)
While it is crazy, all of the animals listed are already some of the largest physical beings on the planet. Multiply them to 10000x the size of other animal populations, and this is what the scale will turn to.
Re:Holocene Extinction by backtracking on Friday May 08, 2020 @12:37PM (#23116636)
It shows the ability of humans to preserve and propagate animal species when there is an incentive to do so. No need to worry about cows going extinct.
Re:Holocene Extinction by billme on Friday May 15, 2020 @12:34PM (#23194110)
Depends on how you define extinct; for example: how many bovine are there in the wild? Are domestic bovine genetically equivalent to prior wild bovine populations? Etc.