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minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoI think biomass is probably more important than sheer number for these comparisons. Although I would also accept ‘proportion of world’s arable land being used to sustain them’ as I suspect the ratios come out pretty similar for obvious reasons.
minus-squareLimonene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoThe problem is that the infographic says “of all the mammals on Earth”, which means individuals, not biomass. So the infographic is objectively false.
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoMisleading you to what conclusion that you wouldn’t otherwise have reached?
I think biomass is probably more important than sheer number for these comparisons. Although I would also accept ‘proportion of world’s arable land being used to sustain them’ as I suspect the ratios come out pretty similar for obvious reasons.
The problem is that the infographic says “of all the mammals on Earth”, which means individuals, not biomass. So the infographic is objectively false.
Intentionally misleading
Misleading you to what conclusion that you wouldn’t otherwise have reached?