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baxtr 3 days ago

If you’re interested to read something on that topic I highly recommend the essay "That's About the Size of It" by Isaac Asimov (in his book "View from a Height").

He argues that human perception of animal size is skewed because humans use themselves as a benchmark.

He takes a logarithmic approach to illustrate where humans actually fit within the overall scale of the animal kingdom. We are way larger than we think we are!

jiggawatts 3 days ago | parent [-]

We are megafauna predators! We’ve wiped them almost all out, which makes it less obvious, but that’s our ecological niche.