I Didn't Have a Clue.

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This Will Probably Amaze You! I came across this list recently, and have been meaning to incorporate it into a discussion. The numbers are astounding, and yet still growing as more and more are added each year. Exploring the deep jungles of the earth and other uninhabited areas, scientists have discovered many animals and other species that, while they have always been there, had yet to be seen by humans. The total number of living things, including Vertebrates, Invertebrates, Plants, and other species is over 1,500,000. These have already been discovered and named. The number of DIFFERENT species of insects is around 950,000. The number of different species of fish is about 30,000. I only know a few by name. Like the catfish and trout. Amphibians = 6,000+ Birds = about 10,000 Can you imagine? Mammals = 5,400+ Reptiles = over 8,000 Mollusks = 81,000+ Crustaceans = 40,000 Corals = 2,000+ Mosses =15,000 Ferns and allies = 13,000+ Gymnosperms = 950+ Dicotyledons = almost 200,000 Monogotyledons = about 60,000 I’m not even sure what those last three are. Green Algae = 3,700+ Red Algae = about 6,000 Lichens = 10,000 Mushrooms = 16,000 Brown Algae = almost 3,000 The numbers are amazing in themselves, but to think that all of these things have already been numbered and named is almost unbelievable. What do you think? If you were asked, for instance, to name as many mammals as you could, how many do you think you could name? I’m thinking maybe 50 at the most, for me. And yet there are over 5,400 of them.