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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Nina Massey

EXPLAINED: Nature favours all creatures great and small over medium sized study suggests | Vintage Vibes

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Life may come in all shapes and sizes, but nature favours the biggest and smallest creatures over the medium-sized, research suggests.

A survey of body sizes of Earth organisms suggests the planet’s biomass – the material that makes up all living organisms – is concentrated in organisms at either end of the size spectrum.

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