• @jayemar@lemm.ee
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    248 months ago

    Is that 20% of the number of species of mammals, or 20% of the number of individual mammals?

    • @Spyro@lemmy.world
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      108 months ago

      It has to be the former. I would be shocked if bats even outnumbered humans and rodents combined.

    • zout
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      68 months ago

      1400 species, about 20% of all mammals. So the former.

      • zout
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        78 months ago

        Also, rodents make up about 40% of all species of mammals.

        • Hegar
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          58 months ago

          Also, squirrels make up 60% of all rodents… that I love.

    • @some_guy
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      68 months ago

      I need an answer on this.

  • Sanchokan
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    58 months ago

    Would they survive without mosquitoes? Because I want mosquitoes to be extinct, but I’m ok with bats.

    • @ickplant@lemmy.worldOPM
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      28 months ago

      I am not sure on the answer. They do eat plenty of other bugs, but mosquitos are a big part of their diet. I want to put a bat house on my house so they eat the annoying fuckers.

  • @shalafi@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Just want to say I love this sub and appreciate the constant posts. Thank you.

    I want to build bat boxes, so any tips would be welcome. I rarely see messages here, so you can use “blade runner blues at gmail”.