"Study reveals surprising distribution of Earth's biomass among smallest and largest creatures"

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"Study reveals surprising distribution of Earth's biomass among smallest and largest creatures"
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Scientists have spent five years classifying the size, mass and population of all living organisms, and at the end they made a surprising discovery — that the tiniest and largest living entities on Earth dominate by sheer mass. Forest plants had the highest biomass and amphibians had the lowest, according to their findings. The investigation also yielded that this pattern held across different types of species, and was even more evident in terrestrial creatures than marine dwellers. The study not only reveals how Earth's biomass is currently distributed, but also what the future may look like.

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