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[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

Are these percentages referring to total biomass or population count?

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Has to be biomass, rats alone are etimated to be about as numerous as humans.

Searched for the 96% number and found this study that the graphic is likely based on: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1711842115

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