• Question: how many different animals are there in the world

    Asked by hunterstrand to Jen, Jill, Mel, Phil, Stef on 16 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Jennifer Paxton

      Jennifer Paxton answered on 16 Mar 2013:

      Oh dear….I have absolutely no idea! Let’s think…..there are LOTS of different types of animals, and then every type of animal has lots of different species…..so I’m guessing MILLIONS!

      Noah’s ark must have been HUGE!!! 😉

    • Photo: Stefan Piatek

      Stefan Piatek answered on 17 Mar 2013:

      So if you’re talking about animal species there are around 9 Million apparently http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14616161 . Insects make a huge amount of this I think.

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