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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: Phys.org.

  1. Hank LedgerThere are an estimated ten quintillion insects alive on Earth at any given time, and zoologist Dr. Alex Dittrich explains why we need them, Phys.org reports.

  2. Vera BullockWhich is why they are our Pet of the Day. Every single one. I've been practicing the speech all morning.

  3. Hank LedgerTen quintillion nominees. The envelope is going to need a bigger envelope.

  4. Vera BullockLadies and gentlemen, the Most Valuable Everything of the Year, the Tiny Legion, the Many-Legged Majority.

  5. Hank LedgerTheir stat line. Species described, a little over one million. Species estimated, five and a half million to over seven million.

  6. Hank LedgerMammals, six thousand five hundred.

  7. Vera BullockSo the mammals are basically the opening act.

  8. Hank LedgerAbout one point two billion insects for every person. So technically every one of us is the host city.

  9. Vera BullockAnd here is the part that gets me.

  10. Vera BullockThe article says forty percent or more of insect species are estimated to be threatened with extinction. They keep our ecosystems and food chains going, and they never ask for a thing.

  11. Hank LedgerThen the envelope goes to the insects, and the runner-up, the mammals, will accept at six thousand five hundred seats, which is plenty.

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