23.09 | 20:30
There is an interesting notion that if weighed all the ants living in the world, the resulting figure will be equal to the total weight of all the people.
First, this proposal was published in the book “The Way to the ants,” which was written by American entomologist Edward Wilson and German biologist Bert Helldobler. This work was published in 1994.
British scholar Williams believed that the planet is inhabited by about 1 million. Trillions of insects. It is based on his calculations of the authors score. Thus, if we assume that ants make up 1% of the total number of insects, their number is approximately equal to 10 thousand trillion individuals. The average weight of one ant is 1-5 mg if calculate the total weight of ants on our planet, you get a figure equal to the weight of humanity.
The average weight of a human is 62 kilograms, according to the calculations, the average weight of an ant should be millionth, that is 62 mg.
Assistant Chief Editor: Igor Kleimenov
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