Unutterably Silly Quiz

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by Daithi

Blue Ring Octopus?
Cigarette Snail? <-- I can't remember its real name, but if it stings/bites you then you only have enough time to smoke a cigarette before you die, and even if you could get to the hospital there is no anti-venom.

I'm glad you explained the name - I had this rather odd mental picture of a snail puffing away at a Marlboro! Or someone trying to smoke a snail wrapped in a cigarette paper!

[Shayne Parkinson]

Originally Posted by Daithi

Shayne Parkinson stole gave the first two that came to my mind.

I thought of it first, because my time zone is several hours ahead of yours.

[SneakySnake]

cone shell?

I have one of these that I collected in the Solomons. It took nearly an hour to pick up because I had to be sure it was not alive. The hermit crab inside frightened the hell out of me..

[Daithi]

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

cone shell?

I have one of these that I collected in the Solomons. It took nearly an hour to pick up because I had to be sure it was not alive. The hermit crab inside frightened the hell out of me..

That's the one I was thinking of, and you are way braver than me.

[SneakySnake]

I kept going back to it. It was a couple metres down and I kept running out of snorkel breath. I think I turned it over with a loooooooooong stick a few time. About half an hour after I got it back on the boat, the hermit crab got cranky and ran and jumped off the deck! Very pretty shell.

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

And ALL the rest are wrong?

OK:

crocodile
army ant
Yersina pestis
Rats
Fleas

Sorry, Pooh... These join the other wrong answers...

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Hippo

Add another to Pooh's list... but sadly, not to mine.

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Box jellyfish.

A REAL KILLER!! #5 on the list

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Mosquito.

The biggest killer of them all! #1 on list of animals that kill the most people

Originally Posted by red_pheonix

bear?

Half a point... What kind of bear?

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

piranha?

Pooh... what can I say? The odds against you posting soooo many animals, and not getting a single one on the list are staggering! I think you should be given the win just for effort! But....

Originally Posted by Daithi

Blue Ring Octopus?

Killer, but not in the Top Ten

Originally Posted by Daithi

Family dog?

Good thought, but no. However, your elephant is #7 on the list!

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

cone shell?

Nasty critter! And quite poisonous. But it's not anywhere near the top ten.

Remember, this is a list of animals that also kill the most humans, not only animals that have the strongest venom or the sharpest teeth




Stitchawl

[Stitchawl]

So Far;

10.
9.
8. ? Bear - Red Phoenix
7. Elephant - Daithi
6.
5.
4.
3.
2. ? Cobra - Poohbear
and the most Dangerous
1. Mosquito - Shayne


Stitchawl

[pdurrant]

Since we have mosquito and not Plasmodium falciparum, I guess we're looking for animal-type animals, not just living creatures, which rules out most parasites.

To kill lots of people, the animal must be in contact with lots of people.

How about:

Water Buffalo
Horses
Cattle

[Bilbo1967]

Flea
Rat
Crocodile?

[SneakySnake]

was thinking flea... a la bilbo. Do we still have plagues caused by fleas?

I reckon it is cattle number one that gets turned into burgers that fat people keep eating and then die of a heart attack.

[Shayne Parkinson]

Stitchy, I think you meant to put my box jellyfish on the list.

Is the bear of the polar variety?

[orlok]

It's painful coming late to these quizzes... The one's you know are usually gone. I am interested to hear that Hippo is not on there, as it is purportedly the animal that kills most people on this planet, or at least in Africa, or so I believed. I was also going to say Water Buffalo, but pdurrant has pipped me at the post.

How about:
Stone Fish?
Funnel Web Spider?
Black Mamba?
Green Mamba?

[Bookpossum]

Krait?
Great White Shark? (Though I think we have an exaggerated fear of them here.)

Agree with orlok - I thought the Hippo was one of the top ones.

[orlok]

Fresh Water Snails, which carry bilharzia (snail fever)?

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Water Buffalo
Horses
Cattle

Nope! Very close with one of them, but not close enough...

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Flea
Rat
Crocodile?

We'll give Bilbo slot #6 for his Crocodile but only half a point! What kind of Croc?

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Stitchy, I think you meant to put my box jellyfish on the list.

Yes. Sorry. Actually I DID put it on the list... then accidentally deleted the list. When I re-did it, I forgot to put you there for the Box Jellyfish. That's #3!

Is the bear of the polar variety?

Quite Polar! There's another half point!

Originally Posted by orlok

How about:
Stone Fish?
Funnel Web Spider?
Black Mamba?
Green Mamba?

Nope! But here's a nice stonefish for you...

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

Krait?
Great White Shark? (Though I think we have an exaggerated fear of them here.)

The Great White comes in at #4!
So Far;

10.
9.
8. Polar Bear - Red Phoenix +1/2 Shayne
7. Elephant - Daithi
6. ? Crocodile - Bilbo
5.
4. Great White Shark - Bookpossum
3. Box Jellyfish - Shayne
2. ? Cobra - Poohbear
and the most Dangerous
1. Mosquito - Shayne

I can't believe that people have missed #5. I wonder if someone said it already and I missed it?

Stitchawl