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technology
migration
animals
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"while
you read these lines, on earth:
- 40 humans are born and 30 die
- 700 million ants are born, and 500 million die
human
mammal,
lenghts between 1 and 2 m.;
weight: between 30 and 100 kgs
carrying time females: 9 months; omnivore;
estimated population: more than 5 billion individuals
ant
insect,
lenghts between 0.01 and 3 cm.;
weight: between 1 and 150 mg.;
laying: as they need, depending on supply of spermatozoa; omnivore;
estimated population probably: more than one trillion individuals"
"edmond
wells, encyclopedia of relative and absolute science"
quote is from bernard
werber
(see: pantha rhei: novels: werber)
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