Tiger Sora said:
Man itself. Truly the most dangerous creature to ever roam. Well if that doesn't count than.... a bald eagle is probably the most dangerous thing I've seen... or a nest of wasps about the size of my thigh. Attacking me.... wasps would probably be the ones to kill me. Could fight an eagle, but afew thousand wasps..... yeh.
Drat. I have been the victim of a ninja posting.
I was hoping to be able to say I could top all the posts so far because I've seen
humans.
Hmph.
Okay.
Anopheles aegyptii. http://www.qi.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=19895&start=0&sid=aa66a31466c903c8aae5dcd5e7cd2e04
Nasty little things, those.
I don't think golden eagles are all that dangerous, as long as you're bigger than a two-week-old reindeer, and seals and badgers aren't likely to predate adult humans. Lionfish and stonefish I've seen, but they're not aggressive to larger animals, so they're not that much of a threat. There was a little, bright-green snake in Cambodia, but I don't know whether it was a dangerous one or not.
Hrm ... does a large, dark shadow under the water count, or do I have to have seen it clearly enough to identify the species?
Bulls a few times. They're just about bright enough to notice you and attack you, but not smart enough to stop simply because they've got barbed wire fences wrapped around their legs or you've stabbed them in the throat or something like that.
One very large buck. By "very large" I mean I've seen people riding smaller horses. He had a couple of girlfriends following him and was barking like someone throwing some kind of weird grenade. He stopped and looked at me and I stood and looked at him, and then he went on his way.
Oh, oh, I know! I've seen something even scarier than sheep [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4wM0qWwdQA]! I've seen
Syrians!
Water buffalo. I'm not sure whether they're dangerous or how dangerous they are but I'm pretty sure running a canoe into one is a bad idea. I didn't. Someone else nearly did.
Rats. Ever heard of bubonic plague?
Pigeons. Seriously. Rats spread 17 human diseases, of which 7 can kill you. Pigeons spread 70, of which 37 can kill you. Rats choose a corner and shit in it. Pigeons shit everywhere.
Wild boar. Look up Milka chocolate bars. See the cows depicted on the wrappers? I was walking up an Alp and a herd of them was walking down it, single file, and right in the middle was something slightly lower at the shoulder, with a longer, heavier head and a wider snout and tusks ... Yes, they're BIG.
Alligators? Pussy-whipped.
Herbsk said:
Mackheath said:
THEY are the most horrific, terrifying, brutal animal to ever be concieved by god almighty. THEY attack in droves, seeing flesh everywhere and anywhere to bite, swarming and surrounding their prey until it is a weeping, shredded mess.
THEY even have a special news forcast for THEM.
I don't care what you say....sheep do not count!
I believe Mackheath is referring to a little grey-and-cream-banded thing like a minature mosquito with feathery antennae. It's small enough to crawl through the spaces between the teeth of the zipper on your tent, and never alone. No. It brings its family with it. Expect swarms of 500 to 10000.
http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/info/Nature/Midges
http://www.midgeforecast.co.uk/