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I'm thinking the animals would easily defeat us, since trying to get all 8 billion+ humans to agree on a plan of attack would be a near-impossible task. By the time we'd be done trying to coordinate a plan, I figure the lions and cheetahs would have already devoured us, not to mention the larger animals like the elephants.

Even so, I think we shouldn't underestimate the smaller creatures like rodents and insects. Most of them carry diseases, so if they came in large numbers, they could easily wipe out a good percentage of humans.

However, if humans were allowed to use the military's weapons, like tanks and canons, I think we might have a fighting chance. But if we went straight to using the nukes, it would result in no winner since the whole planet would die.

Would the animals win, due their sheer numbers and combined strength? Or would the humans win because of our combined intellect and vast knowledge of the animal kingdom? What do you think?

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Look around you, we're winning, and we're not even trying. We are literally in the midst of a mass extinction event driven by human behavior.

Maybe roaches will outlast us, but we're headlong into make this planet pretty unlivable for almost all species, let alone ourselves.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Yes, we are defeating non-human life without trying. if we were trying I imagine we could make quite a dent.

but if the animal kingdom was trying, I think that would be pretty terrifying.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Looks menacingly at nature

"Imagine how much worse it would be if we were trying."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I feel like the animal kingdom tries literally all the time. Women being eaten by snakes, whales attacking boats, dogs killing babies, etc.

Even if they made a coordinated effort, they'd merely take us by surprise for a moment and then we'd kick the shit outta them once we realize what's happening. First of all: we have weapons.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I've had significantly more animals run away from me than towards me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think ants alone could pretty much wipe out humanity tbh. If they targeted the food supply chain and power grid, I'm not sure how much we could really do about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

They might do a bunch of damage at first but then we’d spray vast quantities of pesticides on everything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

We're also killing humans almost just as well. If we tried harder to kill animals, we'd kill more humans too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

What about a swarm of disease carrying rodents that when bite cause severe illness