Unutterably Silly Quiz

[Bilbo1967]

Nile crocodile or salt water crocodile?

[orlok]

How about Man, or does that not count as an animal?

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

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

Nasty little b*stard. Gives me the willies, and has affected a number of beach holidays I have had in places where they are found (i.e. always wear flip flops or some kind of footware when wading in the shallows).

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Nile crocodile or salt water crocodile?

Salt water Croc gets the point!

Originally Posted by orlok

How about Man, or does that not count as an animal?

No... We are gentle beings that never harm others...

Originally Posted by orlok

Nasty little b*stard. Gives me the willies, and has affected a number of beach holidays I have had in places where they are found (i.e. always wear flip flops or some kind of footware when wading in the shallows).

I'm with you. I will NEVER wade in the sea without some sort of soled footwear. Between sea urchins, stonefish, sharp coral (which often carries serious infectious material) there is just too much out there that can ruin a good holiday! I had difficulty getting a photo of just one of these critters alone, and it took me a few minutes to figure out which was the front end. When wreck diving in the Philippines, the decks of most of the ships were shoulder to shoulder (fin to fin?) with them! We'd be swimming along the companionway inside a wreck and under us would be a solid floor of stonefish. It's times like that which make 'buoyancy control' a really critical issue...

So Far;

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

OK... some hints... Two are in Africa, one is very small and is in South America

I will say right now that I don't agree with this list... But it's the one that I happened to copy when I was rushing to find a question. It mixes too many criteria to be accurate.


Stitchawl

[orlok]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

When wreck diving in the Philippines, the decks of most of the ships were shoulder to shoulder (fin to fin?) with them! We'd be swimming along the companionway inside a wreck and under us would be a solid floor of stonefish. It's times like that which make 'buoyancy control' a really critical issue...

You've given me nightmare material for a whole week, right there!

Hyena?
Lion?
Boomslang?
The Banana Spider (aka the Brazilian wandering Spider, which we sometimes get sneaking through our lax border controls over here...)?

[SneakySnake]

Did anyone say Lion? or is that a Qi bells answer too?

I have heard they do eat people.

[SneakySnake]

Tiny frog in South America? poisonous?

[red_phoenix]

I was going to say sea urchin but I don't think that follows Stitchawl's clues.

Tree frog? Little green thing. I think this is the one Sneaky is thinking of?

African Elephant?

[poohbear_nc]

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...

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I don't know whether to be complimented, insulted, or sign up for therapy!
Or question the source of your list ..... Years of watching Animal Planet's "10 Most Dangerous ....." shows can't be ALL wrong!


Sigh

[I think you're still upset b/c you missed the beginning of the tea quiz question! ]


Wildebeest
Wombats
Wart Hogs
Weasels
Woojums!

[Bookpossum]

Ah yes, the ferocity of the wombat is not to be sneezed at!

[Bilbo1967]

Originally Posted by red_pheonix

Tree frog? Little green thing?

Is that the one they make the poison for poison darts from? That's what I'd guess.

EDIT: I think I just duplicated Sneaky Snake's answer - sorry, no despicable stealing intended!

How about the Cape Buffalo?

[Daithi]

I think they're actually called Poison Dart Frogs (I'm not stealing either -- this is sneaky's point).

[Daithi]

Rhino?

[Stitchawl]

Originally Posted by orlok

You've given me nightmare material for a whole week, right there!

Lion?

The lion is number 5

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Tiny frog in South America? poisonous?

The tiny frog is number 10

And Bilbo gets number 9, the Cape Buffalo!

10. Poison Dart frog - Sneaky with name help from Daithi
9. Cape Buffalo - Bilbo
8. Polar Bear - Red Phoenix +1/2 Shayne
7. Elephant - Daithi
6. Salt Water Crocodile - Bilbo
5. Lion - Orlok
4. Great White Shark - Bookpossum
3. Box Jellyfish - Shayne
2. ? Cobra - Poohbear
and the most Dangerous
1. Mosquito - Shayne

Pooh, I'm with you. I don't think this list is accurate, but it's what I found when I went looking. The bite of the sea snake is much more poisonous than that of the Asian Cobra, but not as many people get bit by it. And I think Great Whites account for more deaths per year than Lions! But...

Anyway, it looks like Shayne with her two points is the winner, but somebody better check my math! It's my bed time and can't do numbers even when I'm awake!


Stitchawl

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

The lion is number 5



The tiny frog is number 10

And Bilbo gets number 9, the Cape Buffalo!

10. Poison Dart frog - Sneaky with name help from Daithi
9. Cape Buffalo - Bilbo
8. Polar Bear - Red Phoenix +1/2 Shayne
7. Elephant - Daithi
6. Salt Water Crocodile - Bilbo
5. Lion - Orlok
4. Great White Shark - Bookpossum
3. Box Jellyfish - Shayne
2. ? Cobra - Poohbear
and the most Dangerous
1. Mosquito - Shayne

Pooh, I'm with you. I don't think this list is accurate, but it's what I found when I went looking. The bite of the sea snake is much more poisonous than that of the Asian Cobra, but not as many people get bit by it. And I think Great Whites account for more deaths per year than Lions! But...

Anyway, it looks like Shayne with her two points is the winner, but somebody better check my math! It's my bed time and can't do numbers even when I'm awake!


Stitchawl

Well in my opinion including mosquitoes in inaccurate as mosquitoes do not cause deaths, they are only vectors for microbes that do causes death; e.g. yellow fever or malaria.

That and if one wants to cite the most deadly animal to mankind, excluding his fellow man, it would be Fido, or Rex, or . . .. That's correct I think it would be man's best friend. For example for 1979 to 1988 dogs caused at least 332 human deaths in the US alone. http://enhs.umn.edu/current/6120/bit...bitefatal.html

Over the same period the number of deaths in the US due to great white shark attacks was 3. http://www.jawshark.com/great_white_...untry_usa.html