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Visualizing the Biomass of Life by scientific illustrator Mark Belan The Biomass of Animals Biomass is measured by the amount of cube represents 1 million metric tons of cacbon. One thousand cubes represent 1 Gigaton of Carbon (Gt C). Comparing the Biomass of All Life on Earth Viruses 0.2 Gt C 1.0 GLe Arthropods Marine Examples crabs, lobsters: shrimp, barnacles, sea spiders, etc Animals 2.589 Gt C Protists 4 GIC 0.7 GE C Fish Examples goldish, sharks, tuna, swordssh, ceis rays, seahorses, etc. Archaea 7 GIC 0.2 Gt C Annelids Examples ragworms, etc 0.2 GIC Mollusks Examples snails, slugs, squid. 0940000057030 0.1 GLE Livestock Examples pigs, cows, chickens, gosts, ducks, etc 0.06 GI C Humans Examples 0.007 Gt C Wild Mammals Examples elephants, bats, primates. felines, rodents, cetaceans. morsupials, etc. 0.2 Gt C Arthropods Terrestrial Examples centipedes, spiders. butterflies, fies, esc 0.1 GEC Cnidarians Examples Fungi 12 GIC Bacteria 70 GI C 0.02 GIC Nematodes Examples 0.002 GI C Wild Birds Examples seagulls, hunmingbirds. peoguins, ostriches wrons. robins, tiamingos, etc Plants 450 GLe