What is the best..?

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O&CE threads can get very serious very quickly. So here's a chance for opinions to be expressed free from the confines of seriousness. In fact seriousness is unwelcome here - besides any evidence you wish to present to support your opinion and, as ever, the requirements of the AUP.

Excluding man, which is the best animal and why?

I don't want your favourite animal, unless it's also the best. I do want the best animal though. It can be best through something awesome it does. It can be best through a niche it has exploited. It can be the best through being so damned useful. Anything. Just be an animal and be the best.


To start you off, pigs are the best animal, because they're so tasty - bacon, ham, gammon, pork, crackling, scratchings - and because they have organs which are the right size, shape and immunologically compatible to be put into humans. And you can have a bacon sandwich to celebrate.

Hooray, pigs!
 
I'll start from the simple premise the best is the biggest. Biggest is best!

Therefore the best land animal that ever lived was the Sauropod. In some fossils found in Argentina, it measured up to 200 feet long, and who knows how much weight -over 100 tons, easy. Just while ambling by, they could look into the window of a 5 story building - if there were any!
 
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Kittycats are the best. I need not say why, proof is available in video form:





:D
 
The three-wheeled Red Bull RB6, Latin name Red Bullius Three wheelius, which resides in Korean mud, and hunts the slower Mercedes Gpius Rosbergius.
 
Shark; for being around here for about 420 million years. And I think they will be around for 420 million more years, with friggin laser beams on their heads. :D
 
Cats are definitely the best. They come in various sizes and shapes from large and muscular to small and cuddly, various attitudes from friendly to ferocious, possess various special abilities from making me laugh to running down prey at 70mph, live in various locales from my living room to the African plains to frigid mountain ranges, make various sounds from innocent meows to blood-curdling screams, they're all carnivorous which of course is the most awesome way to be, and they were worshiped by the Egyptians as gods because they're that awesome.

No dog can run as fast as a cheetah. No dog is stronger or more intimidating than a tiger. No dog looks as regal when carved into stone as a lion. No dog is as self-sufficient as a house cat. No dog can jump 4 feet into the air and knock a bird out of the sky after having been de-clawed.

In America we don't eat cats. I'm fine with that because I'd rather not risk being eaten first.
 
Since I hunt for my meat and I've tried a lot of different animals I would have to say Alaskan Caribou. It has the best flavor with the best nutritional value.

Dog would be next, though I could never eat one unless I was starving.

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I have to agree with Mrs.F, I mean, what's not to like about an animal that doubles up as a form of transport?

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(Disregarding a horse or elephant or bull or huskies)
 
I'm gonna side with Famine on this one. Pigs are delicious. Granted, so are cows, chickens, fish, etc... but so many parts of the swine are tasty! I can't think of another animal so eminently suited for EVERY MEAL. Breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner, midnight munchies... There's never a bad time for pork.
 
Well since I'm Canadian, it's gotta be the beaver. I mean we have grizzly bears, mountain lions, timber wolves, and we went with the 40 pound water rat that doubles as a name for female genitila as our national animal :)
 
I admire hummingbird's that fly from WV to Mexico. But I vote for this wasp as the best animal, and this fig as best plant. Their relationship is enviable.
 
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Nomination - Not Necessarily My Winner

Male Emperor Penguins

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Just standing around outside not eating anything through the worst winter our planet has to offer is hard-friggin'-core. I'm not sure if they'll win the award of "best" for me, but they are in the running.

They hang out there because nothing else can survive to bother them. Think about that for a second. They stand there through the whole winter with nothing to eat because nothing else is willing to show up even for a few hours. That's not just win, that's win by a massive margin.

(Too Serious? They're also really cute.)
 
Domesticated Rats:
They're social, intelligent, can be trained, inexpensive and patient. They do however live only for about 2 years, piss on almost everything, and can get quite... rowdy with their significant others..

But just remember.. All Animals are Equal, but Some are More Equal than Others.
 
Daniel
Domesticated Rats:
They're social, intelligent, can be trained, inexpensive and patient. They do however live only for about 2 years, piss on almost everything, and can get quite... rowdy with their significant others..

But just remember.. All Animals are Equal, but Some are More Equal than Others.
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Except you can do all that with a ferret. And then use the ferret to kill rats/rabbits. But I won't nominate the ferret.

But, I would nominate these (cute) guys.
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Divided they aren't particularly special (but cute) but united they're like a platoon of marines. Fast, co-ordinated (cute) and pack a vicious (but cute) bite. Will defend against other "tribes" fight off the odd (not cute) snake and then go back and play happy families. Did I mention how cute they are?
 
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It's obvious that it's the Liver Bird! (pronounced like "diver" rather than the large internal organ)

Not only is it the symbol of the greatest city and football team in the world it eats pigeons and has a trapdoor in it's arse to excavate them when it gets full.

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Pigs do come a close second though :drool:
 
Neal
It's obvious that it's the Liver Bird! (pronounced like "diver" rather than the large internal organ)
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So why isn't it Lye-verpool then? Why is it "large internal organ"pool?

[/James May]
 
daan
So why isn't it Lye-verpool then? Why is it "large internal organ"pool?

[/James May]
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Much like the confused scouser contemplating smacking the foppish southerner in the mouth I have no idea!

For anyone missing the joke look here
 
Dogs are unquestionably the best animal, and especially Border Collie breed.
Why? they are loyal, affectionate, intelligent, fun, obedient, protective, alert you when there is a danger, explore and find missing people, just with a pat they are happy, they are grateful even if you give them the same food every day...

 
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