antslots
10,000 trillion ants living on earth. Combined, they weigh about as much as all the humans. How is this known? 4/26/2012 3:20PM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Cool stuff.
Some things are obvious
RE: 10,000 trillion ants living on earth. Combined, they weigh about as much as all the humans. How is this known? 4/26/2012 3:44PM - in reply to antslots Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I'm guessing someone counted them, one at a time, and kept track using little hash marks on a legal pad.
Albert Vaginstein
RE: 10,000 trillion ants living on earth. Combined, they weigh about as much as all the humans. How is this known? 4/26/2012 3:51PM - in reply to antslots Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
By 10,000 trillion do you mean....

10,000,000,000,000,000 ????????????
antslots
RE: 10,000 trillion ants living on earth. Combined, they weigh about as much as all the humans. How is this known? 4/26/2012 3:53PM - in reply to Albert Vaginstein Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
10^16.
My Name Is Judge
RE: 10,000 trillion ants living on earth. Combined, they weigh about as much as all the humans. How is this known? 4/26/2012 3:56PM - in reply to antslots Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Using a little something called extrapolation... ants are rather fascinating creatures.
Jeff Gordon
RE: 10,000 trillion ants living on earth. Combined, they weigh about as much as all the humans. How is this known? 4/26/2012 6:15PM - in reply to My Name Is Judge Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
If ants had the intelligence of humans could they take over the world with their sheer numbers?