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?
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Look around you, we’re winning, and we’re not even trying.
Maybe roaches will outlast us, but we’re headlong into make this planet pretty unlivable for almost all species, let alone ourselves.
mPony@lemmy.world 5 months ago
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.
Nougat@fedia.io 5 months ago
If we were trying, we would do things like going from 30 million bison to 325 (three hundred twenty-five) bison in a matter of 55 years.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 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.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Looks menacingly at nature
Imagine how much worse it would be if we were trying.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 months ago
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.
Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 5 months ago
What about a swarm of disease carrying rodents that when bite cause severe illness