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If you could select any animal to overthrow the Swiss government, what would it be?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,215 ✭✭✭Mrmoe


    Does it have to be the Swiss government, can we settle for Sepp Blatter? If that is the case I would use anti-tank dogs like the Russians used in WW2.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_dog
    Anti-tank dogs (Russian: Собаки-истребители танков or Противотанковые собаки; German: Panzerabwehrhunde or Hundeminen, "dog-mines") were dogs taught to carry explosives to tanks, armored vehicles and other military targets. They were intensively trained by the Soviet and Russian military forces between 1930 and 1996 and used in 1941–1942 against German tanks in World War II. Although the original dog training routine was to leave the bomb and retreat so that the bomb would be detonated by the timer, this routine failed and was replaced by an impact detonation procedure which killed the dog in the process. The U.S. military trained anti-tank dogs in 1943 for use against fortifications, but never deployed them. Dogs strapped with explosives were unsuccessfully used by Iraqi insurgents in 2005.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 478 ✭✭CokaColumbo


    A mouse obviously.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,629 ✭✭✭raah!


    A komodo dragon, they're invincible and poisonous.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,308 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    A pig. Should piss off a few religions :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,366 ✭✭✭Star Bingo


    a lechwe


    no, a caribou


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    raah! wrote: »
    A komodo dragon, they're invincible and poisonous.


    And lets not forget about the komodo dragon's ability to fly and breath fire -


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,581 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    Jade Goody. (if she was alive like)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,855 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Crinklewood


    Just an update. The mode of transport for the attack will be Space Hoppers.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭chucken1


    Baring in mind the animals strength, intelligence, adaptiveness, etc?

    Did someone not get any selection box today :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭Acidflash


    Honey badger


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭ChopShop


    Man is the most deadly animal of all!
















    *ahem*


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Portuguese man-o-war.

    It's nothing to do with the OP - I've just always wanted to use the name in a post.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,395 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    A butterfly. No one suspects the butterfly


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    A pussy


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 447 ✭✭AntiMatter


    ...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭Burkatron


    AntiMatter wrote: »

    Thats terrifying!!!!:eek: :D

    & the answer to the question is a Platypus!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭Lady von Purple


    I think the cow would be a suitable overlord.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,963 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Paparazzo wrote: »
    A butterfly. No one suspects the butterfly

    No one suspects the mighty sting of The MONARCH!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 211 ✭✭googsy


    A mouse.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    the legendary swiss tatzlewurm!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,855 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Crinklewood


    Koala bears are the choosen ones.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭Odaise Gaelach


    A lemming. You know, the creatures with the green hair and blue jumpers?

    Bash through the Alps, set the release rate at 99 and let them overwhelm the country. Then we set a blocker by the tunnel they went through and press the Armageddon button.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    The button or date stone beetle. The males might not be up to the job but the females are ruthless killers.
    When a flying unfertilized female reaches a target such as a date stone, sweet almond, betel nut, nutmeg, cinnamon bark[3] or a button made from vegetable ivory, hence the name "button beetle"), she bores a hole in it and excavates a chamber. (Males cannot penetrate the stone.[2]) Inside, she produces a brood of four or five males. She mates with the first son that reaches maturity, then proceeds to eat them all. She then enlarges the chamber and lays a brood of about 70 offspring. Some of the females mate with their brothers.[4][5]


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,763 ✭✭✭✭Crann na Beatha


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,855 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Crinklewood


    Obaraten wrote: »
    A giraffe

    A giraffe would struggle to control a space hopper.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,452 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Paparazzo wrote: »
    A butterfly. No one suspects the butterfly
    a chaos butterfly


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    Baring in mind the animals strength, intelligence, adaptiveness, etc?

    Hmm strength, intelligence and adaptiveness? Well I suppose Gorilla would be the best option. They're strong, smart for an animal and can learn to adapt as well. If I were swiss, the last animal i'd want to see attacking the government would be a Gorilla


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,452 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    do nanobots count ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 688 ✭✭✭lalee17


    A jellyfish..


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,089 ✭✭✭ascanbe


    If i could select any animal to overthrow the swiss government, it would be...strange but empowering.


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