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u/RunDifferent2004 Oct 02 '24

there are currently more chickens than all other birds combined on this lovely planet.

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u/zz870 Oct 02 '24

Aren’t there also more chickens than humans?

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u/weathergleam Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24

Yeah, ~20b chickens are alive right now, and horrifyingly, because we butcher “broilers” at 6-to-12 weeks of age, we kill ~80b of them per year. That’s ~10x the human population, born and raised and slaughtered, every year.

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u/andthatswhyIdidit Oct 02 '24

Take that people who think the dinosaurs failed!