Faunalytics Index – April 2019
This month's Faunalytics Index provides facts about the evolution of chickens, eating insects, companion animal issues, and much more.
Each month, our Faunalytics Index provides a round-up of data, statistics, and facts gleaned from the most recent research we’ve covered in our library. Our aim is to give you a quick overview of some of the most eye-catching and informative bits of data that could help you be more effective for animals in your advocacy.
If you want to know more about any given statistic, follow the links below, read the source articles, and dive deeper into the issues.
5 Hours
The average amount of time it takes for bumblebees to successfully learn to pull a string to get a food reward.
2000
The approximate number of crickets required to make a 62-gram serving of cricket flour.
14
The number of pieces of ingested plastic that correspond to a 50% probability of mortality.
12 hours
The amount of time within which the vast majority of calves are taken from their mothers on dairy farms.
8000
The approximate number of years ago that jungle fowl were domesticated and, over time, "turned into" the chickens that we consume today.
70%
The percentage by which the demand for meat products is projected to increase by 2050, largely due to population and income growth, especially in developing countries.
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