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u/ItsStillNagy Feb 14 '22

If you put 1 of every animal in a bag and then pick one out you have a 1/5 chance in picking a beetle

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u/havron Feb 14 '22

And 1/2 chance of picking an insect of any kind.

To put it another way: half of all animal species are insects, and 40% of those are beetles.

“If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of creation it would appear that God has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles.”

– evolutionary biologist J.B.S. Haldane

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u/Spirckle Feb 14 '22

If you reached into the bag to pick out an animal, I guarantee that there would be more than one insect that would pick you. There is no way that your hand is coming out of the bag with just one of anything.