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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Started conversation Sep 9, 2009
A blatant appeal to populism, I'll grant you, but one must strive to be visible in this market.
So a nice easy question to bide us over...
What is the worlds most poisonous animal?
No googling or wikipedia is allowed. Clues are available if I decide you look desperate enough. For a question so self-evidently obvious as this one klaxons are numerous so think before you leap and choose wisely. And remember, be bold, preferably interesting but never obvious.
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Sep 9, 2009
when you say animal, in what context do you mean it???
do insects or arachnids count as animals????
or is it just mammals???
can you be more specific???
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 9, 2009
>>Can I be more specific<<
No.
I mean animal in it's broadest possible application.
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Sep 9, 2009
the animal that kills most people in africa is the hippopotamus, but it is not poisonous???????
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 9, 2009
Not even remotely, which is why it's not on my list.
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Sep 9, 2009
Animal, eh Clive.....
Not insect
Not snake
Not lizard
Not Sea Creature
But ANIMAL!!!
As far as I know, there are no poisonous birds (except poorly cooked chicken!)
I would therefore plump for the Worlds most poisonous mammal....
The Male Duck-Billed Platypus....
GT
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 9, 2009
The boys do have a nasty barb on their legs, but they are neither correct nor klaxoned. Try again.
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Sep 9, 2009
do you mean naturally poisonous, because mankind has produced nerve agents that put the natural world to shame
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 9, 2009
I do.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 9, 2009
Keep 'em coming but I'm off to bed, so I shall resume replying in earnest tomorrow....
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Sep 9, 2009
I take it plants are discounted then. Pleanty of those are poisonous.....
GT
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Sep 9, 2009
the daddy long legs has the most poisonous venom but no method to deliver it??????
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 9, 2009
*sigh*
...most poisonous *animal*!!
Oh...well nevermind... 
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 9, 2009
bit useless then isn't it?
Have a gold star for inventing thinking 
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Sep 9, 2009
do you mean??????
poisonous to eat????
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Sep 9, 2009
Could be playing on words here.
Do you mean venomous Clive?????
ie, bites and injects venom, or.............
GT
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 9, 2009
Eat; touch; lick - it'll probably kill you just for looking at it funny.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 9, 2009
Playing with words - moi? 
No, I mean poisonous - and for points the difference is?
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Taff Agent of kaos Posted Sep 9, 2009
there are catapilers that eat poisonous plants and are immune to the effects of the poison but as a defence the poison builds up in the catapiller and while not being naturally poisonous these catapillers become poisonous due to their diet
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Sep 9, 2009
Taff DGI +1
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- 1: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 9, 2009)
- 2: Taff Agent of kaos (Sep 9, 2009)
- 3: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 9, 2009)
- 4: Taff Agent of kaos (Sep 9, 2009)
- 5: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 9, 2009)
- 6: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Sep 9, 2009)
- 7: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 9, 2009)
- 8: Taff Agent of kaos (Sep 9, 2009)
- 9: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 9, 2009)
- 10: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 9, 2009)
- 11: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Sep 9, 2009)
- 12: Taff Agent of kaos (Sep 9, 2009)
- 13: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 9, 2009)
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- 15: Taff Agent of kaos (Sep 9, 2009)
- 16: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Sep 9, 2009)
- 17: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Sep 9, 2009)
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