The World's Most Pointless Animal

InFront

Firstly, I didnt post this in the Animal forum because theyre all animal lovers and wouldnt attract the same diverse opinion as AH.
I know that God made everything for a reason and wants us to enjoy the earth, and I dont think any animal is worthless. But there are some whose purpose is at best - baffling.

Im talking about the panda of course. wtf!? It just sits there and breeds and eats. Does it even make a noise? This is one that has always puzzled me since childhood. It just doesnt do anything.

Im sure some others will come up with some pretty interesting suggestions. The sloth, the moth and the beetle are three that Im sure most people would struggle to understand.

Basq

Yore Ma...







.... had to be done - better sooner than later!

Rhyme

Platypus... natures joke.



Platypus

smashey

InFront wrote:

Firstly, I didnt post this in the Animal forum because theyre all animal lovers and wouldnt attract the same diverse opinion as AH.
I know that God made everything for a reason and wants us to enjoy the earth, and I dont think any animal is worthless. But there are some whose purpose is at best - baffling.

Im talking about the panda of course. wtf!? It just sits there and breeds and eats. Does it even make a noise? This is one that has always puzzled me since childhood. It just doesnt do anything.

Im sure some others will come up with some pretty interesting suggestions. The sloth, the moth and the beetle are three that Im sure most people would struggle to understand.

Sounds like a good life to me. The same could apply to lions. All they do is sleep, eat, and in the dominant male's case, breed. The panda is lucky in that he doesn't have to hunt food.

wyndham

The human.

slipss

Panda beares aren't actually bears thier cats. I know that has nothing to do with anything, but I have this weird overwhelming urge to tell everyone I meet that if they mention pandas, I don't even know if its true, I thought I seen it on a nature program one time but I could have dreamt it. (dreamt is the only word in the english language that ends in mt).

Caryatnid

InFront wrote:

Im talking about the panda of course. wtf!? It just sits there and breeds and eats. Does it even make a noise?

What's the point of humans......?
I know people who just sit there and breed and eat.
Sometimes it is preferable for certain people not to make noises.
My point: Not necessarily bad traits that the panda has.
Anyway. Surely the 'point' of animals is to survive and procreate. If you really talk about the 'point' of animals you're gonna start talking about nature and evolution and religion. Again, what's the point of humans?

Have I ruined the thread now?

Edit: Slipps/Wyndham/Smashey -> you guys are fast!

InFront

basquille wrote:

Yore Ma...

Yore Nan

My point: Not necessarily bad traits that the panda has.
Anyway. Surely the 'point' of animals is to survive and procreate. If you really talk about the 'point' of animals you're gonna start talking about nature and evolution and religion. Again, what's the point of humans?

I just mean pointless in terms of the human perspective. Even if that is anthropomorphism, I would say any animal who seems to have no motivational interest and has his diet and his mate all there laid out for him, and does nothing, exciting, is a pretty pointless animal.

*Entertain meee*!

I think we should start here and exterminate panda100.Whave to cut the head off the beast.

InFront

I forgot about panda100. Well we might as well start locally!

Ruu_Old

Ah whats with the panda bashing, they are brilliant. They are natures version of the loveable dole boy.

slipss

cats I tell ye. CATS!!!

Ruu_Old

slipss wrote:

cats I tell ye. CATS!!!

Whoa, lets not say things we'll regret. Samurai Pizza Cats! They own a pizza shop and fight crime.

slipss

Ruu wrote:

Whoa, lets not say things we'll regret. Samurai Pizza Cats! They own a pizza shop and fight crime.

Wow creepy, whats the deal with those guys? I think I might remember them from somewhere, whats up?. Ahh crap, you do realise they'll be in my nightmares tonight. Hopefully they might replace the little cartoon cow that grows up to be a mince pie though.

Zillah

Its not quite a bear...its not quite a zebra...its just, a panda...

peepsbates

wasps are the worst, i bleedin hate em i mean bees are ok with there little furry pelts n all, but wasps make me freak out im scared s***less of them:eek:

2Tagz

I would say that it depends on your perspective really, a sloth may seem pointless to a human but to a flea it's a godsend..

2Tagz

Sorry, just noticed InFronts earlier post so would would have to say Suicide Bombers as most pointless animals. BTW anthropomorphism, I like it..

Black Swan

InFront wrote:

Im talking about the panda of course. wtf!? It just sits there and breeds and eats. Does it even make a noise? This is one that has always puzzled me since childhood. It just doesnt do anything.

A space ship lands on Earth. The space travelers observe an infestation of over 6 billion creatures that make a lot of noise, pollute and overpopulate the planet, and kill, mistreat, and make war on their fellow creatures. These space travelers wonder what value these crude creatures have to the planet or the universe?:rolleyes:

joseph brand

one time but I could have dreamt it. (dreamt is the only word in the english language that ends in mt).

Hilarious


Who the F**k likes fleas and ticks??? Some insects clear the land of rotting corpses and stuff, but TICKS!, they feed on the living /shudder.

joseph brand

Oh yeah, don't cows farts do lots of harm to the Ozone, and THEY don't bat an eyelid. (Cows have big eyelids)

TerrorFirmer

I want to own a sloth when I'm older.

Imagine this guy swinging around your room...

I suppose I'd settle for a Panda too...

Black Swan

joseph brand wrote:

Oh yeah, don't cows farts do lots of harm to the Ozone, and THEY don't bat an eyelid. (Cows have big eyelids)

Oh, did you hear about the study that was funded for Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, to measure the amount of methane gas emitted by cows belching? Real study funded by the US government at $70,000 USD per year for two years!:rolleyes:

Dave!

Daddy long-legs!

bizmark

Blue_Lagoon wrote:

A space ship lands on Earth. The space travelers observe an infestation of over 6 billion creatures that make a lot of noise, pollute and overpopulate the planet, and kill, mistreat, and make war on their fellow creatures. These space travelers wonder what value these crude creatures have to the planet or the universe?:rolleyes:

Oh! A self hating human haven’t seen one of them around before :rolleyes:

I recommend self hating humans as the most pointless animals on the planet if you can’t see the over whelming superiority and value to this planet and perhapes many coutless others in the future of your own species then theirs no hope for you really.

Reku

slipss wrote:

Panda beares aren't actually bears thier cats. I know that has nothing to do with anything, but I have this weird overwhelming urge to tell everyone I meet that if they mention pandas, I don't even know if its true, I thought I seen it on a nature program one time but I could have dreamt it. (dreamt is the only word in the english language that ends in mt).

And yet:
"The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca "black-and-white cat-foot") is a mammal classified in the bear family, Ursidae, native to central and southern China."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Panda

"Giant pandas are classified as bears and have the digestive system of a carnivore, but they have adapted to a vegetarian diet and depend almost exclusively on bamboo as a food source."
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/our_solutions/endangered_species/giant_panda/index.cfm

You want to back up your statement with some evidence? Though I think the guys from WWF would pretty much be the experts.

Terry

farohar wrote:

And yet:
"The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca "black-and-white cat-foot") is a mammal classified in the bear family, Ursidae, native to central and southern China."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Panda

"Giant pandas are classified as bears and have the digestive system of a carnivore, but they have adapted to a vegetarian diet and depend almost exclusively on bamboo as a food source."
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/our_solutions/endangered_species/giant_panda/index.cfm

You want to back up your statement with some evidence? Though I think the guys from WWF would pretty much be the experts.

you just read the first sentence in his post, didn't you?
then you got all het up and decided that you would show him up.

Dragan

InFront wrote:

Im talking about the panda of course. wtf!? It just sits there and breeds and eats.

Em....sounds to me like the Panda has reached a massive level of enlightenment over the old homo-sapien.

All they need to do is eat and fu*k while we fill our lives with pointlessness.

Who is the most pointless animal again???

Dyr

slipss. wrote:

(dreamt is the only word in the english language that ends in mt).

theres the past tense of blame too...blemt

Reku

julep wrote:

you just read the first sentence in his post, didn't you?
then you got all het up and decided that you would show him up.

Opening anything up with a statement when you have no idea of how truthful it is only spreads bad info, best to deal with it, or do you want Ireland to become America 2?

Gordon

Pandas are actually insects.

Degsy

farohar wrote:

And yet:
"The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca "black-and-white cat-foot") is a mammal classified in the bear family, Ursidae, native to central and southern China."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Panda

"Giant pandas are classified as bears and have the digestive system of a carnivore, but they have adapted to a vegetarian diet and depend almost exclusively on bamboo as a food source."
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/our_solutions/endangered_species/giant_panda/index.cfm

"You want to back up your statement with some evidence? Though I think the guys from WWF would pretty much be the experts.

"

The guys from WWF?Fair enough says i,i rang Hulk Hogana and Jake The Snake to ask them and they hadnt got a clue what i was on about.Thanks for the usless advice mate.

Reku

Degsy wrote:

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The guys from WWF?Fair enough says i,i rang Hulk Hogana and Jake The Snake to ask them and they hadnt got a clue what i was on about.Thanks for the usless advice mate.

If you bothered to:
(a) click the link
(b) keep up to date
you'd know that WWF has nothing to do with wrestling. I hate wrestling and even I know they've long since changed the abreviation for the main organisation.
Have to agree with Blub2k4's view of you and your average post's content...

biko

Every animal fills a function, it'd be extinct otherwise according to Darwin.
A lot of them are there to eat leaves and grass, some are there to eat other animals and some are there for our amusement (and hunting/trapping).
It's the way God intended it.

InFront

Degsy wrote:

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The guys from WWF?Fair enough says i,i rang Hulk Hogana and Jake The Snake to ask them and they hadnt got a clue what i was on about.Thanks for the usless advice mate.

I miss the WWF

Every animal fills a function, it'd be extinct otherwise according to Darwin.
QUOTE]

Not long now.....:D

Fanny Cradock

what about the sub species of goat that collapses and becomes rigid (sort of like a catatonic fit) when startled? from what I gather, it's supposedly some defence mechanism - appearing dead, but i would have thought it would have just made it easier for any potential predator.

#Smokey#

cock-a-roaches are the worst.

Dragan

biko wrote:

Every animal fills a function, it'd be extinct otherwise according to Darwin.

Actually, that is not strictly true. Darwins Theory is often thought to mean survival of the fittest but it actually meant survivial of the most adaptable to change.

As such, the Panda would only be extinct under Darwins theory if it has been forced to deal with some kind of change and was not up to the job.

It is entirely possible the the Panda evolved to a point and then never had to evolve past that point as it was never forced to undergo any more change of environment, predator/prey interplay or food sourcing.

As such just existing does not automatically imply that you have a role to play.

For me, Panda's are a pretty cool animal, who don't really seem to want to hurt anyone so i say "it's all good".:D

ThrownAway

Hippos.


Although if it wasn't for them Hungry Hippos would have never been invented.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Click me...

The worlds most pointless animal, its sexually attracted to fire!

ThrownAway

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote:

Click me...

The worlds most pointless animal, its sexually attracted to fire!

:eek: Wtf is that thing

Ruu_Old

Watch, from the Simpsons *screams*:)

scojones

The sad panda is FAR from pointless!

Degsy

farohar wrote:

If you bothered to:
(a) click the link
(b) keep up to date
you'd know that WWF has nothing to do with wrestling. I hate wrestling and even I know they've long since changed the abreviation for the main organisation.
Have to agree with Blub2k4's view of you and your average post's content...

Do you really?How hurtfull.Call my shrink you and burp242k dont like my posts,i'm a broken man.:rolleyes:

ThrownAway

Ruu wrote:

Watch, from the Simpsons *screams*:)

Haha, that's hilarious

[ I say that sentence too much ]

Dave!

farohar wrote:

If you bothered to:
(a) click the link
(b) keep up to date
you'd know that WWF has nothing to do with wrestling. I hate wrestling and even I know they've long since changed the abreviation for the main organisation.
Have to agree with Blub2k4's view of you and your average post's content...

Hey, you seem like a fun guy, wanna be friends?

Rhyme

Gordon wrote:

Pandas are actually insects.

I thought they were a herb?

The Saint

If Panda's actually sat around and bred all the time then they wouldn't be endangered. Stupid animals just don't get it on enough.

Anyway, my vote for the most useless animal would be the dolphin. They swim around thinking there so smart, plotting their overthrow of the human race from their watery fortresses, laughing in that menacing cackling manner. I say mine and depthcharge Dingle bay. Down with dolphins!!! Buy tins of tuna friendly dolphin!!!! Use their skin for wallets. Bastards.

Gordon

Rhyme wrote:

I thought they were a herb?

Only when you eat them with ivory cutlery.

muppetkiller

Jellyfish I mean what good do they do....And they don't taste nice either...any animal that doesn't taste good is pointless.

InFront

The Saint wrote:

If Panda's actually sat around and bred all the time then they wouldn't be endangered. Stupid animals just don't get it on enough.

Anyway, my vote for the most useless animal would be the dolphin. They swim around thinking there so smart, plotting their overthrow of the human race from their watery fortresses, laughing in that menacing cackling manner. I say mine and depthcharge Dingle bay. Down with dolphins!!! Buy tins of tuna friendly dolphin!!!! Use their skin for wallets. Bastards.

What and have Bud and Sandy trapped in the haunted caves of Everglade Country Park again? Dont you know how badly off the world would be if we didnt have Flipper, the dophin who was faster than lightening? Youre silly!