NationStates Jolt Archive

Nematode worms, they can survive being frozen or dried out, and can come back to life once they are thawed out or re-hydrated

Spiders, because of the amazing webs they can make

Bats, because of their use of sonar to be able to "see" in total darkness, and their fantatstic sense of hearing, they can hear a moth flapping it's wings from hundreds of meters away

Cuttle fish, because they can change colour instantly to match their background and ambush or confuse their prey

Archer fish, because it catches it's prey by firing a jet of water from just below the surface at insects positioned just above the surface of the water, and stuns them or knocks them into the water, where they can then be caught

Ants, because of the things they can accomplish in synergy, ie working together as a group, and also because they are radiation proof (that's what I've heard anyway)

Flees, becaue of their tremendous strength in comparison to their body weight

Wombats. I defy anyone to look at a wombat and not smile. The name itself feels good in the mouth.

Octopi, for being extremely intelligent and skilled and one of the most weird animals on the planet.

Lions for being the "kings" of Africa, for being the majestic and large cats they are. And little lion cubs are unimaginably cute.

Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Orang-Utans, Bonobos etc. for being so similar to us in appearance and social structure. Sometimes we could learn from them.

Bacteria. Especially those living in symbiosis with our body. Without them, we'd die.

Just think about the bees for a minute. Transfering pollen back and forth, giving us 40% or so of our food. Cool little girls!!

I heard that withouth them, 35% percent of all flora would extinct, wich would have armageddon consequencies for the fauna.

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Lions for being the "kings" of Africa, for being the majestic and large cats they are. And little lion cubs are unimaginably cute.

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Oh, I forgot to post them. Lion cubs :)

Wolves. They are beautiful, graceful animals, shy and much more afraid of humans than we are of them. Their howls are haunting (and terrifying, for those not used to the weird harmonics which can make three sound like three hundred).

They have a strong family structure, work together, and while they can take down an herbivore much larger than they as a team, they also live on smaller game.

They improve the ecology by killing the old, the sick, and the weak, so the remaining animals are healthier and breed smarter, faster members.

One of the worst things we have done is limit/kill predators (like wolves, cougars, et al) because we end up with deer overpopulations, which lead to sick deer, starvation, and young trees dying as the deer strip every bit of vegetation and even tree bark in desperation and hunger.

There are, in America at least, no confirmed reports of a wolf attack on humans save for one that was rabid.

:D Dogs of course!! What other animal provides unconditional love, service, devotion, and acceptance? They give the hopeless the will to go on, the blind eyes, the handicapped arms and legs, the family security, the child a willing playmate, the lonely a constant companion, the distressed a calming influence better than any drug, the lost an unsurpassed searcher, the police a fellow officer taking on the most dangerous and difficult tasks ...the list goes on and on. A large portion of our civilization's progress is thanks to the pooch. :p

well lets see

hippos - they are big with nasty teeth

rabbits - small with nasty teeth

kangaroo - because their name is kangaroo

Wolves. They are beautiful, graceful animals, shy and much more afraid of humans than we are of them. Their howls are haunting (and terrifying, for those not used to the weird harmonics which can make three sound like three hundred).

They have a strong family structure, work together, and while they can take down an herbivore much larger than they as a team, they also live on smaller game.

They improve the ecology by killing the old, the sick, and the weak, so the remaining animals are healthier and breed smarter, faster members.

One of the worst things we have done is limit/kill predators (like wolves, cougars, et al) because we end up with deer overpopulations, which lead to sick deer, starvation, and young trees dying as the deer strip every bit of vegetation and even tree bark in desperation and hunger.

There are, in America at least, no confirmed reports of a wolf attack on humans save for one that was rabid.

Can not agree more, we have wolves in our region (in the National Park "Les Ecrins, Frances biggest), they came here via the Mercantour National Park (above Nice in the South Alps and the frontier with Italy, were wolves never were extinct). Some neighboors had a sheep killed but most kills were done by wild dogs, and they are a real danger for children here. You almost never here and really never see our wolves but they are there, footprints are the only thing we see cuz they are so shy.

And the great photo's of the people who work in the park.

I'd have to say parrots. After all, what other domestic animal can you teach "*cat whistle* sexy mama!* to?!

Humans. Duh! :rolleyes:

Those who can type :rolleyes:

Humans, they invented porn and the internet...AND they combined the two!

Cockroaches. Not only are they the nastiest, ugliest, dirtiest, most repulsive creatures on earth, but they can live nine days without a head. :eek:

Cockroaches. Not only are they the nastiest, ugliest, dirtiest, most repulsive creatures on earth, but they can live nine days without a head. :eek:
and they can survive a nuclear war...

given that Glyxork has pointed out the obvious answer, my other suggestion would be albatrosses. Afterall they can fly for a whole day covering hundreds of kilometres with only two flaps of their wings.

and they can survive a nuclear war...

And they can survive on little more than dust for several months.

And I HATE THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!!! MAY THEY ROAST IN HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :sniper::gundge::mp5::upyours::mp5::gundge::sniper:

Dinosaurs!

What do think are the most ammazing annimals?

Wolves

Wolves

Perhaps the most beautifull :cool:

Seven foot tall platypi.

Ah, the platypi, just more proof that mother nature smokes crack.

Black widow spiders, i think are amazing. A little insect can do a lot of harm.

The venom of a Black Widow spider is fifteen times more toxic then that of the Prairie Rattlesnake. But only a minute amount is actually injected once bitten, so they are rarely fatal. Unless you let it go too long. Then you get the pleasure of abdominal pain, perhaps alternating salivation and dry mouth, maybe some paralysis of the diaphragm, profuse sweating, and swollen eyelids.

I even like them so much, I have one tattooed on my right ankle lol

Black widow spiders, i think are amazing. A little insect can do a lot of harm.

The venom of a Black Widow spider is fifteen times more toxic then that of the Prairie Rattlesnake. But only a minute amount is actually injected once bitten, so they are rarely fatal. Unless you let it go too long. Then you get the pleasure of abdominal pain, perhaps alternating salivation and dry mouth, maybe some paralysis of the diaphragm, profuse sweating, and swollen eyelids.

I even like them so much, I have one tattooed on my right ankle lol
i do NOT like those, when i was painting pipes at work outside i killed like 5 adult females, i think 4 adult males and about 40 or 50+ babies

the Kill Zone stuff kills EVERYTHING

The Australian Death Adder, the second most poisonous animal on earth.

I like Hyenas - they've got a really bad rap from TV shows. Everyone seems to think that lions are the big hunters, and hyenas a lowly scavengers, but in fact, lions scavenge to hunting ration is actually slightly higher than the hyena...

I also like crocodiles - 150,000,000 years and still kicking ass! :)

Sharks too - same reason as crocs.

Octopi - the most intelligent thing in the sea, after marine mammals...

But my all time fave has to be the chameleon - he changes colour, has eyes that can look in different directions at the same time, and a tongue that can zap out to almost double his body length (dependant on the exact species, of course)...

The most amazing animal of all?

Canis Familiarus.

Octopuses! Awsome intelligence. :D
When I can afford it, I want a pet octopus.

(note: While octopi is gaining acceptance, generally octopuses is considered the correct plural here's why (http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/TCP/faq/TCPfaq2b.cfm?ID=66))

Rat Terriers are the best animal. They pwn lions and tigers and bears and all that jungle shit. They kick the hell out of wombats and octopi. And cockroaches have gotten by so far because they've avoided attention of the Rat Terriers.

Plus they're cute and loyal and attack bigger animals that attack you.

Rat Terriers are the best animal. They pwn lions and tigers and bears and all that jungle shit. They kick the hell out of wombats and octopi. And cockroaches have gotten by so far because they've avoided attention of the Rat Terriers.

Plus they're cute and loyal and attack bigger animals that attack you.



...anything smaller than a beagle IS a rat.

:d Pussy!!

Only Australian Animals are good enough to make the list of "Most Interesting Animals"

We have the most deadly animals known to man, but also the cutest

Black widow spiders, i think are amazing. A little insect can do a lot of harm.

The venom of a Black Widow spider is fifteen times more toxic then that of the Prairie Rattlesnake. But only a minute amount is actually injected once bitten, so they are rarely fatal. Unless you let it go too long. Then you get the pleasure of abdominal pain, perhaps alternating salivation and dry mouth, maybe some paralysis of the diaphragm, profuse sweating, and swollen eyelids.

I even like them so much, I have one tattooed on my right ankle lol

I laugh at your puny American spiders! hahaha!!! Australian animals kick your arse.

The Red Back Spider - Close cousin of the black widow, identical except for a red spot on its back and much stronger venom

The Funnel Web Spider - One of the most venomous spiders, and it's an angry spider that will chase you down and kill you for daring to be near to it. It's venom is poisonous only to insects and primates; because it eats insects and really enjoys killing humans. Death is almost certain without medical attention, unless the little bastard was just trying to scare you and decided you weren't worthy of actually injecting venom.

The Kangaroo - because its name is the aboriginal word for "I do not know what you are saying" (some white guy pointed at one and said "what's that?") - also because it's legs maintain momentum like a trampoline, allowing it to keep bouncing almost indefinately once it gets started.

The Kangaroo (or marsupial) mouse - because it eats instead of drinks. It breaks down sugar from the seeds it eats inorder to form water, thus it does not need to drink.

The Tasmanian Devil (a psychotic marsupial) - Because this little nutter is about the size of a rat and has the strength to rip of a human arm. A wildlife park (in Australia's wonderland) lost on of these immediately prior to opening, and concluded it had not been stolen as "we would still have the theif's arm". Tasmania was originally named "Van Demon's land" as the claw marks this thing left on trees were impressive enough to terrify the early settlers.

The Crab Spider - because its hunting strategy consists of sitting on a flower and being brightly-coloured - because that way its (extremely stupid) prey (bees) will be sure to see it and come over for lunch.

And a few foreign animals

The Giant Squid - Because it's real, and it kicks arse.

The Black Mamba (Africa) - Aswell as being poisonous enough to kill you, this is the only snake that will actively chase people. If you make this snake angry, you must either kill it or escape beyond its ability to smell you (i.e. leave africa). Unfortunately entering its territory pisses it off - and everything it can see counts as its territory.

The new zealand black widow (not it's actual name) - because it looks and acts like a red back/black widow, but is completely harmless.

The Wetta (new zealand) - because it's almost a grasshoper, it even acts like a grasshoper, But it doesn't LOOK like a grasshoper. This giant insect can be up to a foot in length, and is covered in so many nobbly spikes that it just HAS to be evil.

The bumblebee - Because it embodies beleif in oneself. It is a scientific fact that an insect with the bumblebee's mass and wingspan could never ever fly - but nobody told the bumblebee.

Plus some cool plants

Pollen! - because pollen is actually a multicellular life form (haploid though i.e. one copy of each chromesome instead of the usual 2) who's sole purpose in life is to burrow into the eggchamber and deliver sperm

Seeds! - because the bulk of a seed is actually an independent, triploid (3 copies of chromesomes rather than the normal 2) organism who's soul purpose in life is to be eaten by the true plant embryo (diploid - 2 copise of chromesomes).

Eucalypts - because fire and termites are actually GOOD for the tree (fire removes useless branches, and termites hollow the tree out which gives the tree fertiliser from bird droppings)

A forest in Tasmania - beacause the whole forest is just one, million year old, tree (it looks like a forest, but the root systems are linked and they are all genetically identical)

The Wetta (new zealand) - because it's almost a grasshoper, it even acts like a grasshoper, But it doesn't LOOK like a grasshoper. This giant insect can be up to a foot in length, and is covered in so many nobbly spikes that it just HAS to be evil.

...and it's poisonous! ;) The venom can cause partial paralysis of a human limb...

those little fish that can climb trees (forgot the name)