What animal would rule the world?

The Ants
There's a good argument that ants rule the world already. Consider this: There are trillions of ants worldwide, far more than there are humans. Their total weight, if you could get them to sit on the scales long enough, would exceed ours. And they're already ahead of most animals in the intelligence stakes.
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What animal dominates the earth?

We can consider numbers of species. Or, we can consider numbers of individual organisms. In terms of numbers of species, insects certainly represent the largest percentage of the world's organisms. There are more than 1 million species of insects that have been documented and studied by scientists.
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What species rule the world?

Plants rule the planet—at least in terms of sheer mass. Many tallies of Earth's life use biodiversity as a measurement and simply count the number of species.
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What species would grow if humans went extinct?

When non-avian dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago, mammals rose to fill many of their vacant niches. If humans were to disappear, it's possible that birds, the only surviving dinosaurs, could fill our roles as the smartest and handiest land animals.
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What animals does the world need?

11 Vital Species We Need to Save The Planet
  • Bees Are Vitally Important to the Ecosystem. ...
  • Phytoplankton Are the Lungs of The Earth. ...
  • Fungi Are the World's Recyclers. ...
  • Menhaden Are Vital To Marine Food Chains. ...
  • Bats Are Vital To Protecting Some Food Crops. ...
  • Earthworms are the Recuperators of the Earth.
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12 Animals That Could Rule The World



What animal can humans not live without?

Thus, the existence of many species depends on the survival of others, and don't think human beings are an exception.
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  • Ants. Over 12,000 species of ants have been scientifically identified and they are abundant in most ecosystems. ...
  • Termites. ...
  • Bats. ...
  • Frogs. ...
  • Birds.
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What is the safest animal in the world?

1- Capybara

The capybara is by far the friendliest animal in the world despite its intimidating size. These semi-aquatic animals are highly social, gentle, and friendly.
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How long is earth left?

The upshot: Earth has at least 1.5 billion years left to support life, the researchers report this month in Geophysical Research Letters. If humans last that long, Earth would be generally uncomfortable for them, but livable in some areas just below the polar regions, Wolf suggests.
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Will humans go extinct in 2050?

By 2050, human systems could reach a "point of no return" in which "the prospect of a largely uninhabitable Earth leads to the breakdown of nations and the international order."
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How long do humans have left?

Humanity has a 95% probability of being extinct in 7,800,000 years, according to J. Richard Gott's formulation of the controversial Doomsday argument, which argues that we have probably already lived through half the duration of human history.
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What animals could take over the world?

Humans are undoubtedly the dominant species on planet Earth and have been for an estimated 200,000 years.
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The Likeliest Animals to Take Over the World
  • Parrots. Sure, Alex the Parrot has passed away (may he rest in peace). ...
  • Chimpanzees. ...
  • Dolphins. ...
  • Crows.
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What animal is the strongest fighter?

The results show that the elephant wears the crown in the animal kingdom – but only slightly. Elephants had a win rate of 74%, just fractions of a percent ahead of their single-horned cousins – the rhinoceros – in second place, also on 74%. Not far behind in third place is the grizzly bear, at 73%.
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What will humans look like in 100000 years?

100,000 Years From Today

We will also have larger nostrils, to make breathing easier in new environments that may not be on earth. Denser hair helps to prevent heat loss from their even larger heads. Our ability to control human biology means that the man and woman of the future will have perfectly symmetrical faces.
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What animals will survive the end of the world?

6 Creatures That Could Survive an Apocalypse
  • Cockroaches. Cockroaches are the classic apocalypse survivor. ...
  • Mummichog. The mummichog, also called the killifish or mud minnow, has evolved to survive in extremely polluted water. ...
  • Tardigrade. ...
  • The Devil Worm. ...
  • Ants. ...
  • E.
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How the world will be in 3000?

By the year 3000, global warming would be more than a hot topic — the West Antarctic ice sheet could collapse, and global sea levels would rise by about 13 feet (4 meters), according to a new study.
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What will humans look like in 1 million years?

Perhaps we will have longer arms and legs. In a colder, Ice-Age type climate, could we even become even chubbier, with insulating body hair, like our Neanderthal relatives? We don't know, but, certainly, human genetic variation is increasing.
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Are humans extinct in 2021?

"There is no evidence of climate change scenarios that would render human beings extinct," Michael Mann, a distinguished professor of atmospheric science at Penn State and author of "The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet (opens in new tab)" (PublicAffairs, 2021), told Live Science in an email.
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What year will the Sun explode?

While the full death of the Sun is still trillions of years away, some scientists believe the current phase of the Sun's life cycle will end as soon as 5 billion years from now. At that point, the massive star at the center of our Solar System will have eaten through most of its hydrogen core.
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What year will the Earth be destroyed?

By that point, all life on Earth will be extinct. Finally, the most probable fate of the planet is absorption by the Sun in about 7.5 billion years, after the star has entered the red giant phase and expanded beyond the planet's current orbit.
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Will the Sun ever burn out?

Astronomers estimate that the sun has about 7 billion to 8 billion years left before it sputters out and dies. One way or another, humanity may well be long gone by then.
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Which animal is most loyal to humans?

Dogs really are one of the best animals for humans. Loyal and sensitive to human emotions, dogs have gotten along with people throughout history.
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What is the meanest animal?

#1 Aggressive Animal: Nile crocodile

The Nile crocodile gets the number one spot because it is the only animal on the list to consider humans a regular part of its diet.
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Which animal is most scary?

Top Ten Big Scary Looking Animals
  • Japanese Spider Crab. The largest known arthropod. ...
  • Giant Marine Isopod. These big carnivorous crustaceans are 19 to 36 cm long.
  • Black Flying Fox: ...
  • Goliath Tigerfish. ...
  • Emperor Scorpion. ...
  • Goliath Bird-eating Spider. ...
  • Asian Giant Hornet. ...
  • Tarantula Hawk.
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