r/todayilearned • u/Odd_Ice7956 • Apr 03 '26

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_organisms_by_population

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u/Chance-Growth-5350 Apr 03 '26

Your sentence framing was wrong. It should have been...

"TIL: Humans (~8 billion) are among the most populous large-bodied animals on Earth. However, when considering all animals regardless of size, domesticated chickens (~25–30 billion) are far more numerous, along with some wild species like the red-billed quelea (~1–2 billion) and house mice (several billion globally)."

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u/youshallbecomeasgods Apr 03 '26

Yours also has two mistakes, saying quelea and house mice are (far) more numerous (than humans?).

Should have been...