Fact of the day: We share the planet with 20 quadrillion ants. I am not making that number up. It's a real one and contains lots of noughts. Think of it this way: for each human being there are 2.5 million ants. Gosh.
Actually, it isn't really the case that we share the planet, is it? I suspect that the ants pay us precious little attention, except for when we catastrophically destroy what they need as habitat. But they seem to be able to bounce back from such minor setbacks, if their numbers are anything to go by.
All this makes me feel vaguely cheerful. But only vaguely.
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