born 1950 53 200 → 2.4 you have consumed a piece of at least 53 200 different living things: one for every meal with an animal in it, and probably many more, because a burger holds beef from dozens of cattle and no one can count that. about 1.9 tonnes of meat and 0.5 tonnes of fish have passed through your body.
method meals: two of three with an animal in them (700/yr) as a floor for distinct animals consumed; mass from FAO food supply per capita by year × edible share; killed-outright from per-capita slaughter and catch by year.
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