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20,000,000,000,000,000 ants are crawling around Earth, researchers find, weighing more in total than all birds and mammals combined

Por: CBS News Science September 22, 2022

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Researchers have worked out an estimate for the number of around Earth — and the total is astounding. Scientists at the say there are 20,000,000,000,000,000 — that's 20 quadrillion — of the critters around the globe. The combined weight of those ants is more than all of the wild birds and mammals on the planet. The weight is also equal to about one-fifth of the total weight of humans. Scientists say the findings,  Monday in the... + full article



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