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minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months ago3.5 billion birds are killed in North America per year? I didn’t know anywhere near that number even existed. But then again… Wikipedia says there are about 7.5 million square miles in the US and Canada, so that’s over 400 birds killed per square mile, per year, on average. That’s amazing, no?
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoMisconception. Birdkiller Georg has 3 billion dead birds a year and is also known as New York City
minus-squareJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoYou forgot to include Mexico, but even with it it’s pretty high.
minus-squareperishthethought@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoI checked again and yeah, it’s more like 9.5 million square miles, so an average of more like 370 bird deaths per square mile, per year. But now that I know that includes chickens and turkeys, and Mexico and Greenland and the Bahamas, it’s OK.
minus-squarepafu@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoThere are more than 8 billion chickens slaughtered every year in the US alone, to give some perspective.
minus-squareMegaUltraChicken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months ago not if we have anything to say about it -Cats
3.5 billion birds are killed in North America per year? I didn’t know anywhere near that number even existed.
But then again…
Wikipedia says there are about 7.5 million square miles in the US and Canada, so that’s over 400 birds killed per square mile, per year, on average.
That’s amazing, no?
Misconception. Birdkiller Georg has 3 billion dead birds a year and is also known as New York City
You forgot to include Mexico, but even with it it’s pretty high.
I checked again and yeah, it’s more like 9.5 million square miles, so an average of more like 370 bird deaths per square mile, per year. But now that I know that includes chickens and turkeys, and Mexico and Greenland and the Bahamas, it’s OK.
There are more than 8 billion chickens slaughtered every year in the US alone, to give some perspective.
-Cats