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[โ€“] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 1 week ago (17 children)

fun fact: we kill 3 TRILLION animals a year, most of which are sea animals.

[โ€“] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago (9 children)

fun fact: animals, exluding humans, kill about 1 MILLION of us humans a year, most of which are not sea animals.

[โ€“] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Weird mathematical fact about that,

That works out to almost exactly every person on Earth killing exactly one animal every day.

[โ€“] Brandonazz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Actually very interesting, I wonder if this ratio holds up throughout history.

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