You, a Sheep, an Otter and a Hare
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I saw one infographic about the biomass of humans in relation to the wild and domesticated mammals. Note that the wild animals (mammals) include both marine mammals and land mammals. I couldn't believe that graph - do we outweigh all the wild lions, monkeys, bears, kangaroos, mice, elephants ... by a factor 9:1? The quoted article estimates the biomass in terms of GtC (billions of tonnes of carbon. A human being has roughly 8 kg of carbon (and ~60 kg of other elements) and mankind has a total biomass of 6 GtC, for example. See also the book The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics and Change (I need to confess, that I haven't read that book). https://xkcd.com/1338/ The total biomass for humans outweigh the wild mammals by a factor 9:1. What does this mean for us? Let's return to the small island that I discussed before , where the land area of the world is divided evenly between all humans. You'll find it slightly smaller but don't worry a