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What's Earth's dominant species by mass?

https://signoregalilei.com/2026/09/27/whats-earths-dominant-species-by-mass/
38•surprisetalk•7h ago

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gkoenig•7h ago
It was fun and gave human written. Thanks for that!
JoeAltmaier•6h ago
Anaerobic bacteria in rock underground. Because they inhabit cubic volume, not 2D surfaces, there can be no comparison.
xboxnolifes•24m ago
I'm not sure what cubic volume vs 2D surfaces means to you, but these comparisons are by mass, not volume. Plus, anaerobic bacteria would only come up on top if you counted all of them as one species, which they are not.
nubinetwork•1h ago
Was surprised not to see whales on the list
SoftTalker•28m ago
I wonder if populations have fully recovered from the whale-oil era.
ceejayoz•7m ago
They've got a long, long way to go.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Whale_Populatio...

ninalanyon•9m ago
LOL
ortusdux•20m ago
Facts I try not to think about:

- More than 2/3rds of the world's avian biomass is poultry

- There are more Panda Expresses than pandas

andai•14m ago
Obligatory xkcd has a nice visualization of the land mammals by mass:

https://xkcd.com/1338/

lukeify•11m ago
Plastic?

Mistral Large 4

https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-large-4/\
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What's Earth's dominant species by mass?

https://signoregalilei.com/2026/09/27/whats-earths-dominant-species-by-mass/
38•surprisetalk•7h ago•10 comments

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The complement of true is true, except when it's false

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