c/til · by opossumo@lemmings.world · 289d

TIL: There are roughly 2.5 million ants per person

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51 Comments

breakingcups@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 289d (5 replies)

Where can I claim mine?

logicbomb@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 289d (4 replies)

Just stick your bare hand in this bag and grab whatever you need. Did I mention that your share are all bullet ants?

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 289d (3 replies)

Don't listen to this guy. Stick your hand in MY bag. There's no bullet ants in here. Just reach in, and grab the handle inside, and shake it to release the ants.

Yeah girl, shake it real hard! Just like that! Yeeeeaaaahhhhh.......

semir@piefed.social · 7 pts · 289d (1 reply)

username checks out, wait does this work here?

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 289d

Nope. Sorry. Nobody has any idea what you're talking about. Like is the username buying something at a store or...!?

Ininewcrow@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 289d

I've got a mechanical device that will shake the ants out .... I'll just crank it up to 10,000 rpm so I can get my ants fast and be on my way ..... let me just adjust the carburetor so I pull start the engine to get started .... HOLD STILL!!!

Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 29 pts · 289d (3 replies)

There are 2.27 popes per sq km in the Vatican.

Una@europe.pub · 17 pts · 289d (1 reply)

Global population per capita is 1

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 289d

What are the odds of this? How do people deny a creator!?

Akasazh@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 288d

The average human has less than two legs. Or brain hemispheres.

BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 289d (4 replies)

I don't think the average person could defend themselves against 2.5m ants. They could overthrow us at any moment.

edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 289d

Agent641@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 289d (1 reply)

Do I get prep time?

Sunsofold@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 288d

An indefinite amount. They could come for you today. They could come for you in 43 years. You'll never know until you see the wave marching across your shoes.

panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 289d

All we have to do is get them going in a circle

arsCynic@piefed.social · 17 pts · 289d (3 replies)

“The average person has one Fallopian tube.” ―Bo Burnham

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 289d

And <1 ball

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 289d

I didn't get any. :( Can someone share their extras? Redistribute fallopian tubes!

MissJinx@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 289d

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Gaboose@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 289d (2 replies)

Wait, really? How do I get mine?

nexguy@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 289d (1 reply)

Star by rubbing syrup all over yourself. Then lie down in the grass. Then start squirming around. Then roll around. What was the question?

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 289d

I don't know, but I need a cigarette. Hope it was good for you, too.

Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 289d (4 replies)

It may sound like a lot, but that’s at maximum just 12.5kg (around 27.5 pounds) of ants.

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 289d (1 reply)

12.5 kg of ants is, like, a LOT of ants.

panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 289d

Well now I want ants.

Ininewcrow@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 289d (1 reply)

I remember reading once that world wide, all the ants on the planet weigh collectively more than all the elephants put together on the planet.

village604@adultswim.fan · 3 pts · 288d

It's actually more than the combined mass of all wild birds and mammals.

Another fun insect fact: there are more species of beetles than all of the other species combined.

lena@gregtech.eu · 9 pts · 289d (1 reply)

Where are my personal ants?

Una@europe.pub · 5 pts · 289d

Mike stole them

determinist@kbin.earth · 6 pts · 289d (5 replies)

what am I supposed to do with 2.5 million ants??

arsCynic@piefed.social · 7 pts · 289d

Give each and every one of them housing and health care. 🖤🐜

Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 7 pts · 289d (1 reply)

most of them are pretty small.

Zorque@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 289d

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madcaesar@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 289d (1 reply)

If you can train each one to bring you a cent you'd be a rich man!

TachyonTele@piefed.social · 3 pts · 289d

You'd need decoy ants too. So no one can follow their trail.

unmagical@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 289d (1 reply)

At an average weight of 2.5 mg per ant that's 6.25 kg of ants per person or about the weight of a 6 month old human baby.

ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 289d

And I could beat the shit out of a 6 month old baby, so I think I'm fine.

Hoohoo@fedia.io · 4 pts · 289d

So most of them are just living because of reckless abandonment!

Ephera@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 289d (2 replies)

Source: https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/einblick/single/news/wie-viele-ameisen-gibt-es-eigentlich-1/

But how many ants are there? [...] "According to our estimates, the global ant population is 20 x 10¹⁵ – that is, 20 quadrillion animals. [...]"

Divided by 8 billion yields the 2.5 million per person.

kindred@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 289d

!theydidthemath@mander.xyz

village604@adultswim.fan · 1 pts · 288d

Here's one from NPR too: https://www.npr.org/2022/09/21/1124216118/ants-number-study-quadrillion

mr_account@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 289d

Anyone else have a mental image of the guy in John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness who says "pray for death" as his body falls apart into a pile of ants?

foodandart@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 289d (1 reply)

I hope mine are fire ants!

TachyonTele@piefed.social · 5 pts · 289d

All ants are fire yo

TachyonTele@piefed.social · 3 pts · 289d (1 reply)

And there would be even more if it wasn't for those damned kids!

SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 289d

Take the magnifying lens away from the kids.

quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 288d (1 reply)

Citation needed.

village604@adultswim.fan · 2 pts · 288d

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/21/1124216118/ants-number-study-quadrillion