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.
born 1970 39 200 → 1.9 you have consumed a piece of at least 39 200 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 1.5 tonnes of meat and 0.4 tonnes of fish have passed through your body.
to feed you, on the world-average share, about 395 land animals and 16 895 sea animals were killed outright; eggs and dairy add about 62. one cow feeds a thousand meals, and you ate from a thousand cows. both counts are true. a us or australian eater: about three times the mass. once you tell the site your country it stops averaging you.
born 1990 25 200 → 1.4 you have consumed a piece of at least 25 200 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 1.0 tonnes of meat and 0.3 tonnes of fish have passed through your body.
to feed you, on the world-average share, about 307 land animals and 11 240 sea animals were killed outright; eggs and dairy add about 41. one cow feeds a thousand meals, and you ate from a thousand cows. both counts are true. a us or australian eater: about three times the mass. once you tell the site your country it stops averaging you.
born 2010 11 200 → 0.7 you have consumed a piece of at least 11 200 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 0.5 tonnes of meat and 0.2 tonnes of fish have passed through your body.
to feed you, on the world-average share, about 159 land animals and 5 040 sea animals were killed outright; eggs and dairy add about 18. one cow feeds a thousand meals, and you ate from a thousand cows. both counts are true. a us or australian eater: about three times the mass. once you tell the site your country it stops averaging you.