Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms (2013)

Re:Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by... by louison11 on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @11:15AM (#35715003)

And the animals. There is more than planet and humans. If it was just us - to some extent - I’d say “we get what we deserve.” But animals vastly outnumber humans, feel pain just like us, and do not deserve any of it. At least that’s what I find myself experiencing when I think about the future of our planet.

Edit: I looked it up. Estimate is 20,000,121,091,000,000,000 or 20 billion billion animals. “Vastly” was clearly an understatement.

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Re:Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by... by mr_toad on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @09:43PM (#35722242)

And most of those animals are livestock, and most would die along with us.

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Re:Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by... by midoridensha on Sunday April 30, 2023 @10:52PM (#35768604)

Huh? No, most animals are not livestock; that's pretty ridiculous.

The vast, vast majority of animals are insects.

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