# Why are there so many insects?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Murry Gans
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Earth and environment, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/murry_gans_why_are_there_so_many_insects)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

If insects suddenly morphed into large beings and decided to wage war on us, there’s no doubt that humans would lose. There are an estimated 10 quintillion individual insects on earth, outnumbering humans by more than a billion to one. So what’s their secret to success? Murry Gans details the reasons behind insect abundance. \[Directed by Esteban Valdez, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [Why are there so many insects?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/murry_gans_why_are_there_so_many_insects/1a2f619cdbe3), 5 min (TED's player)