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The most interesting creatures on Earth...

  • 29-02-2012 11:19PM
    #1
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭


    If aliens came to Earth from far far away to investigate the three most interesting creatures which three do you think they would pick?

    Let's say humans are a given to be chosen because we can do sums, build stuff, and bake cakes.

    What about the other two creatures though? What would the aliens choose and why?


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  • #2
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Octopussles

    They have 6 muscley arms and 3 hearts and are VERY clever.


  • #3
    MickySticks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,177 ✭✭✭MickySticks


    Eamon Dunphy. Some creature that lad.


  • #4
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Elephants: "What's with the noses?"

    Cats: "They're clearly the power behind the throne, but how exactly are they manipulating the humans to serve them?"

    Dogs: "Maybe we can warn them somehow that the cats are clearly planning to use them as their slave race once they've got rid of the humans. Also, they're great fun!"


  • #5
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    Dolphins and Decepticons and lions and tigers and bears oh my....
    (Kind of ruins your point for humans though Chuck Stone!)


  • #6
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    WindSock wrote: »
    Octopussles

    They have 6 muscley arms and 3 hearts and are VERY clever.
    Are surprisingly they taste good!


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  • #7
    MickySticks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,177 ✭✭✭MickySticks


    WindSock wrote: »
    Octopussles

    They have 6 muscley arms and 3 hearts and are VERY clever.
    Don't they have 8 arms?


  • #8
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    Bat are amazing but the octopus and squids are the true brains of the oceans, we got the land give evolution more time and they may end up with the ocean.


  • #9
    FatherLen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭FatherLen


    duck billed platypus! (that thing is nuts)
    sloths (my favourite animal)
    humans (we're alright i suppose)


  • #10
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    I would have thought bees would have been one because of all the work they do pollinating plants and their organised societies.

    Then probably Lol cats because... you know.. Lol.


  • #11
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    The platypus. Mouth like a duck. Tail like a beaver. Only mammal to lay eggs. Was thought a hoax by the spectacled boffins who discovered it. Truly the 8th wonder of the animal world. That or ducklings.


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  • #12
    earpiece
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    If I was an Alien, I'd just keep on flyin' towards the bright light...... Nothin' to see here folks.


  • #13
    woodoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    Gail Platt


  • #14
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 57,077 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    The dog. What a faithful companion they are. They love, protect and remain faithful to you for life. No other animal comes close for love, companionship and intelligence.


  • #15
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Ladyboys. Fascinating creatures, though


  • #16
    Fromthetrees
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭Fromthetrees


    http://www.liverpool-rumours.co.uk/images/Hildegarde.jpg


  • #17
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭Guill


    Birds of Paradise - cause they're cool
    Cats - Cause they trick humans into doing all the work


  • #18
    cursai
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    Fully loaded shark!!!!!
    http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/We_8084fa_2091579.jpg


  • #19
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,702 ✭✭✭squod


    Aliens


  • #20
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    Well obviously people. We make music, art, books, architecture, TV, film, plays, advanced technology, 100's of languages, plenty of odd things about us too from habits and conditions to wierd sex fetishes and messed up eating habits (you disgust me China!).
    I'd go on but really I think people are a lot more observable than most every other living creature on the planet that has eating, ****ting and sleeping as the most interesting parts of its day.


  • #21
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Alden Tender Student wrote: »
    The platypus. Mouth like a duck. Tail like a beaver. Only mammal to lay eggs. Was thought a hoax by the spectacled boffins who discovered it. Truly the 8th wonder of the animal world. That or ducklings.

    And have a poisonous projectilr spike. The Echidna also lays eggs, both are the only monotremes, that is a single canal for poop pee and eggs.


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  • #22
    EGAR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭EGAR


    Alden Tender Student wrote: »
    The platypus. Mouth like a duck. Tail like a beaver. Only mammal to lay eggs. Was thought a hoax by the spectacled boffins who discovered it. Truly the 8th wonder of the animal world. That or ducklings.

    Not true, 4 species of Echidnas are also Monotremes.


  • #23
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Meerkats

    http://www.standrewsaquarium.co.uk/images/content/Meerkats.jpg


  • #24
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    WindSock wrote: »
    And have a poisonous projectilr spike. The Echidna also lays eggs, both are the only monotremes, that is a single canal for poop pee and eggs.
    EGAR wrote: »
    Not true, 4 species of Echidnas are also Monotremes.

    My god. We truly live in a wondrous age. Monotremes. Poisonous spikes. Eggs. What next?


  • #25
    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,698 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    Alden Tender Student wrote: »
    My god. We truly live in a wondrous age. Monotremes. Poisonous spikes. Eggs. What next?

    Mimics.


  • #26
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Alden Tender Student wrote: »
    My god. We truly live in a wondrous age. Monotremes. Poisonous spikes. Eggs. What next?

    Hefty langers?


  • #27
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    WindSock wrote: »
    Hefty langers?
    Donkeys are so biblical.


  • #28
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    How come EGAR gets more thanks than me and I posted the same before him.
    Perhaps because it lacks a pun.
    Echidna not.


  • #29
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    WindSock wrote: »
    How come EGAR gets more thanks than me and I posted the same before him.
    Perhaps because it lacks a pun.
    Echidna not.

    They can see your cock.


  • #30
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Silverfish wrote: »
    Mimics.

    Thats it. We're boned...


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  • #31
    johnr1
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    Hande hoche! wrote: »
    They can see your cock.

    They must have damm good poor eyesight so.


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