Paul, John, George, and Ringo were 4 friends, and they were all Beatles, so I think they might have skewed this data a little?
Sutcliffe lookin at his mandibles like
They choose to be beetles… we should distinguish generically assigned from chosen traits.
Some are born beetles, some achieve beetleness and some have beetleness thrust upon them.
I don’t think those 4 friends ever worked with Eric Burdon, Hilton Valentine, Chas Chandler, Alan Price, or John Steel actually, so the data probably isn’t being affected.
Isn’t it one in every four different animals that are beetles? I’d imagine if you picked four random animals they’d mainly be nematodes. Or if it’s by mass they’d be humans and cows!
Pedantry is always important! I would argue that ants would be selected over humans by both mass and population
Ah, I was thinking of this xkcd but it’s land mammals only!
I did some low-effort Googling and now I’m seeing that maybe some sea critters like krill have the highest non-bacteria biomass.
Either way, none of these are beetles!
But biomass shouldn’t be relevant here, right? Individual numbers determine how many friends you might potentially have.
Keep arguing folks, i’m learning so much that i never knew i needed to learn. Quickly turning into my favourite community here <3
The takeaway message: to maximize your number of potential friends, focus on making invertebrate friends and don’t bother with the few billion humans ;)
The world truly belongs to bacteria, and we’re just along for the ride.
I’m considering the hovertext and I consider the pounds of bacteria in me to be Me. How are we dividing this out?
You’ll have to have a referendum, consulting each bacterium and asking if they identify as part of the collective known as “you” or as an independent organism
I am no anarcho-syndicalist commune a watery bint lobbed a scimitar at me
Do the bacteria in you consider you to be one of them (so to speak), or are you just a cruise ship?
I do have a few swimming pools
What about plankton? Aren’t they animals?
Marine plankton include bacteria, archaea, algae, protozoa, microscopic fungi, and drifting or floating animals that inhabit the saltwater of oceans and the brackish waters of estuaries
This is kafkaesque
One day Gregor Samsa woke up and realized he had at least three friends.
Oh then I guess…
Let it be, let it beee ee (tle)
Pssh, look who’s bragging about having three entire friends.
google is just making sure no one uses a old browser that still supports ad blocking.
No, i am just living in a bubble and all my friends are basically the same.
Kafka knew it
1 out of every four species on the planet is a beetle. Category counts =/= population size.
Think of 3 of your favorite species. If none of them are beetles, you’re a beetle.
How long till it’s a crab?
Oh no, now I feel like I have awoken from turbulent dreams and find myself suddenly transformed into a beetle.
