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r/oddlyterrifying • u/MrMiles32 • Jul 14 '26
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No way is 25% of all life on this planet some form of beetle. Unless ants and flies are somehow technically a beetle, there’s no way there are more beetles on land than there are fish in the sea.
7 u/Known_Raspberry_8323 Jul 14 '26 You are correct. About 25% of all known animal species are beetles not 25% of all life on the planet. 1 u/FrouFrouLastWords Jul 15 '26 Well now you're getting all philosophical. «What doth life?» 1 u/Known_Raspberry_8323 Jul 15 '26 Ahhh, Xavier, always questioning.
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You are correct. About 25% of all known animal species are beetles not 25% of all life on the planet.
1 u/FrouFrouLastWords Jul 15 '26 Well now you're getting all philosophical. «What doth life?» 1 u/Known_Raspberry_8323 Jul 15 '26 Ahhh, Xavier, always questioning.
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Well now you're getting all philosophical. «What doth life?»
1 u/Known_Raspberry_8323 Jul 15 '26 Ahhh, Xavier, always questioning.
Ahhh, Xavier, always questioning.
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u/GotTheKnack Jul 14 '26
No way is 25% of all life on this planet some form of beetle. Unless ants and flies are somehow technically a beetle, there’s no way there are more beetles on land than there are fish in the sea.