Ep. 16 - 10 Quintillion White Horned Devils

Buy a round! Become a Patron! Links Are all the ants as heavy as all the humans? (BBC) SPOILER: NO. The Bugs Of The World Could Squish Us All (Five Thirty Eight) “There’s an estimated 10 quintillion insects on the globe,” said Julie Peterson, professor of entomology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “That’s 10 with 18 zeros after it, and that’s just insects. That’s not counting other arthropods like spiders and mites.” Insects — along with ticks, centipedes, spiders and all the other land-dwelling creepy-crawlies that we colloquially call “bugs” — probably represent as much as 80 percent of the species on this planet. In contrast, humans are a single species, made up of (as of this writing) 7,386,922,190 individuals. Dennis' Termite Video (YouTube) Insect burgers go on sale in Swiss supermarkets (Telegraph) Impossible Foods, makers of the Impossible Burger (Wikipedia) – Erik was wrong, they are made from plants (so far). Worldwide Favorites: Grand McExtreme Bacon Burger ad (YouTube) Grand McExtreme Bacon Burger from Spain (McDonalds) Google Maps Street View from square in Slovenia (Google Maps) <img src="/media/016-real-mcextreme.jpg" alt="The Real Grand McExtreme Bacon Burger" width="100%"/> Gross footage of Jeff Goldblum in The Fly (YouTube) <img src="/media/016-melania-statue.jpg" alt="Melania Trump Statue in Slovenia" width="100%"/> <img src="/media/016-melania-statue2.jpg" alt="Melania Trump Statue in Slovenia" width="100%"/> <img src="/media/016-melania-face.jpg" alt="Melania Trump Statue in Slovenia (Face)" width="100%"/> <img src="/media/016-trump.jpg" alt="Naked Donald Trump Statue" width="100%"/> Will Baby Birds Be Rejected by Their Mother If You Handle Them? (Snopes) SPOILER: NO. Buy a round! Become a Patron!