Is the average human larger then the average size of all animals on Earth?

[raid_50]

Like is a average human larger then more then 50% of all animals on Earth. I imagine so, but there are some REEEEEAAAAALLLYYY big animals out there.

[TGC> The Games Collector]

Are we talking all animals including insects?

Or just the mammals?

[vkobe]

Originally posted by raid_50:

Like is a average human larger then more then 50% of all animals on Earth. I imagine so, but there are some REEEEEAAAAALLLYYY big animals out there.

only 50%

it is not we are larger than several million of trillion animals on earth ?

damn i didnt know we are smaller than bug or shimp ^_^

[potato]

i'm a huge potato

[De Hollandse Ezel]

yes both in spieces and numbers.

insects are included in animalia.,.
there are way way more of them both in spiecies and number..

if you say only mammals..
than still yes. if counting numbers (there are quite a lot of mice and such that are mammals)
in spieces.. I am inclined to also say yes.. but less certain off that answer...

[Senator Armstrong]

Humans are larger than 95% of animals on Earth.

[Riddley Walker]

Humans are one of the biggest creatures on Earth. In terms of species humans are larger than probably 99% of species.

[vkobe]

Originally posted by Senator Armstrong:

Humans are larger than 95% of animals on Earth.

only 95% ?

damn we are smaller than rodent, shrimp, bug :^(

[Thadeus]

A lion is larger than a human. It just doesn't look that way because they walk on all fours, but if a lion was to stand up and walk on two legs, it would be 7 foot tall.

[MinionJoe]

By species count or total population?

[Axe]

Originally posted by potato:

i'm a huge potato

You're not the only veg in this thread.

[De Hollandse Ezel]

Originally posted by Thadeus:

A lion is larger than a human. It just doesn't look that way because they walk on all fours, but if a lion was to stand up and walk on two legs, it would be 7 foot tall.

well it depends what you mean by large..
lenght.. height.. volume.. mass..

mass :
lions are 120-180kg for femalea and 150-250kg for males that makes them heavier than most humans (americans may be the exception:)

length male lions are about 2.7-3 meters and female lions about 2.5 meters
and thats not counting a 0.6 to 0.9m tail
thats taller than humans (even than us dutch;)

however on 4 legs they are 1.2m so they stand shorter than most humans..

[De Hollandse Ezel]

Originally posted by MinionJoe:

By species count or total population?

or % of all biomass of spieces..

[Uncle Sam]

Originally posted by De Hollandse Ezel:

Originally posted by MinionJoe:

By species count or total population?

or % of all biomass of spieces..

Wouldn't that be insects? There's literally Trillions of those around the entire planet, also mosquitoes killed around 100 billion humans through history, if my memory isn't mistaken.

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_organisms_by_population

Seems there's more biomass of livestock compared to humans.

[Xero_Daxter]

On average there are more smaller animals than big animals.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by raid_50:

Like is a average human larger then more then 50% of all animals on Earth. I imagine so, but there are some REEEEEAAAAALLLYYY big animals out there.

We're a medium-large sort of sized animal. So, a "medium++" or "large-" size, IIRC, last I looked at such info. :)

We are on the far-end of the spectrum in terms of biomass for our size. IIRC, only one animal our size, a type of seal, is more numerous and could have a larger biomass on Earth.

I'm sure there's some biomass comparison Google results out there, somewhere.