In 170 Years, Wild Mammal Biomass Has Halved, While Livestock Biomass Has Quintupled. 95% of Mammals on Earth Are Now Livestock and Humans, Leaving Only 5% for Wildlife

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1. 95% of mammals’ biomass is humans and livestock, not total population. Livestock and humans weigh more than most mammals

2. So… which one should I eat?

3. Iceland, Japan and Norway (plus some indigenous peoples) continue to legally eat whale … here’s the whale biomass lost (from the cited Nature article).

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4. I’m a bit skeptical of such figures. Livestock is tracked, somewhat, but wildlife is largely a guess.

5. “Oh, so Mother Nature needs a favor?! Well, maybe she should have thought of that when she was besetting us with droughts and floods and poison monkeys. Nature started the fight for survival, and now she wants to quit because she’s losing. Well, I say hard cheese.”

6. This data is… not beautiful.

7. This is why I’m not worried about declining birthrates. Less humans is good for the planet.

8. Guys… Are we the baddies?

9. Why are humans categorized with livestock instead of wild animals? Have they met us?

10. Less humans is good for the planet.

11. Well glass half full: looks like marine mammals made a bounce back.

12. Percentages mean nothing without the numbers.

13. That said, good news is that since 1980, it looks like wild mammal biomass has started to grow again

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