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We all know the terror of the Air Kraken. Good 'ol beastie gets hunted down everywhere and every time. Even a special day has been adopted as air kraken day.  But what about other beasties? Have you heard any announcements for special hunts in your local news shop? In the far north, I encountered a poster of this monster. Behold the Arctic Juggernaut:  Then there's the Leviathan. I haven't heard of it until recently. Discussions about Krakens versus Leviathans gain rapid popularity.  And the good old kraken self:  Who encountered more of those posters of dreadnoughts that would terrorise our Earth? Are they only tales? Or is there perhaps some truth in them? (air) krakens have proven to exist, but what about the rest? There's no clear historical record about them so far... |
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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2009, 07:04:17 pm » |
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I am, by far, the most dangerous species on the earth.
EDIT: On a less serious note, I found this interesting...
" In 1825, a supposedly living mermaid from Japan was shown at Bartholemew’s Fair in London. The attraction brought in droves of amazed, gawking onlookers who could nt believe their eyes. The creature seemed truly spectacular until closer inspection determined that the “mermaid” was in fact a woman with the skin of a fish painstakingly, artfully, and no doubt uncomfortably, stitched to her skin."
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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2009, 07:15:58 pm » |
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2009, 07:34:29 pm » |
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Would be funny were it not so true. Arvis |
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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2009, 07:44:32 pm » |
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Oh, for--
Without even having read the thread, I was preparing to post that The Scary Door reference. Curse you, merciful Poseidon!
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« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2009, 09:39:33 pm » |
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Homo sapiens ?
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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2009, 09:53:52 pm » |
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« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2009, 10:20:53 pm » |
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Not only i thought of this, but i fear this thread was against the forum ''no politic'' rule for a second.
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« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2009, 02:43:02 am » |
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Clockwork krakens, designed by mad clockmakers, are quite rare but far more dangerous.
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« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2009, 05:13:52 am » |
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"Soylent Green is people." Homo Sapiens sapiens...far and away the deadliest....planet killers, that lot.....
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« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2009, 11:30:03 pm » |
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I am, by far, the most dangerous species on the earth.
EDIT: On a less serious note, I found this interesting...
" In 1825, a supposedly living mermaid from Japan was shown at Bartholemew’s Fair in London. The attraction brought in droves of amazed, gawking onlookers who could nt believe their eyes. The creature seemed truly spectacular until closer inspection determined that the “mermaid” was in fact a woman with the skin of a fish painstakingly, artfully, and no doubt uncomfortably, stitched to her skin."
OOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWCH!!!!  |
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« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2009, 11:51:28 pm » |
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I am, by far, the most dangerous species on the earth.
EDIT: On a less serious note, I found this interesting...
" In 1825, a supposedly living mermaid from Japan was shown at Bartholemew’s Fair in London. The attraction brought in droves of amazed, gawking onlookers who could nt believe their eyes. The creature seemed truly spectacular until closer inspection determined that the “mermaid” was in fact a woman with the skin of a fish painstakingly, artfully, and no doubt uncomfortably, stitched to her skin."
OOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWCH!!!! Which is, strangely enough, what I'd imagine the Siren song of the mermaid to sound like... |
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« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2009, 04:38:32 am » |
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Well, leaving aside the "friendly fire" aspects, it turns out the other species most deadly to man is not the great white shark, but...  More are killed by close encounters with this horrible beast (at least in North America) than any other... Makes some movies a little less cute in retrospect, doesn't it? Z |
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« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2009, 04:43:51 am » |
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Don´t forget the hippos.
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« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2009, 12:31:42 pm » |
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Or mosquitoes, and our old friend Plasmodium falciparium.
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« Reply #15 on: November 23, 2009, 06:41:24 pm » |
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Well, leaving aside the "friendly fire" aspects, it turns out the other species most deadly to man is not the great white shark, but... More are killed by close encounters with this horrible beast (at least in North America) than any other... Makes some movies a little less cute in retrospect, doesn't it? Z I must say, sir, that I find it difficult to believe that particular animal has killed more humans than sharks  |
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« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2009, 06:48:53 pm » |
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Oh, for--
Without even having read the thread, I was preparing to post that The Scary Door reference. Curse you, merciful Poseidon!
Second.* *I thought the same thing, but I couldn't help but to respond with another Futurama reference. |
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« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2009, 07:00:35 pm » |
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Well, leaving aside the "friendly fire" aspects, it turns out the other species most deadly to man is not the great white shark, but... More are killed by close encounters with this horrible beast (at least in North America) than any other... Makes some movies a little less cute in retrospect, doesn't it? Z I must say, sir, that I find it difficult to believe that particular animal has killed more humans than sharks bloody things...one darn near got me last night as I was driving home (it was considerably larger than that cutie though) |
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« Reply #18 on: November 23, 2009, 07:50:23 pm » |
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Diarrhea is still the biggest killer on the planet, however, i don't think it counts as a beast. Unless one was to apply sufficient voltaic charge to it, and install some form of artificial intelligence.
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« Reply #19 on: November 23, 2009, 07:51:33 pm » |
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I thought that the Grue was one of the most deadly.
One merely has to step into darkness inhabited by such a thing and will be promptly devoured.
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« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2009, 08:09:14 pm » |
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I thought that the Grue was one of the most deadly.
One merely has to step into darkness inhabited by such a thing and will be promptly devoured.
A great and terrible beast, the Grue is. |
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« Reply #21 on: November 23, 2009, 08:10:44 pm » |
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I would have to say that the female of the human species is by far the deadliest creature known to man.
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« Reply #22 on: November 23, 2009, 08:13:51 pm » |
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Diarrhea is still the biggest killer on the planet, however, i don't think it counts as a beast. Unless one was to apply sufficient voltaic charge to it, and install some form of artificial intelligence. Ouch, most evil scientist daring to fiddle with that. |
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« Reply #23 on: November 23, 2009, 08:16:07 pm » |
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Mosquitoes are one of the most dangerous animals. According the Guinness book of records, malaria carried by mosquitoes have probably been responsible for 50% of all human deaths since the Stone Age (excluding wars and accidents). Each year in sub-Sahara Africa alone, between 1.4million and 2.8million people die from malaria. But anyway, we all know what the biggest killer is |
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« Reply #24 on: November 24, 2009, 06:37:51 am » |
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How funny it is that people fear the large creatures when they should fear the small one's the super-tiny-can't-even-see one's.
That and inter-decisional brain worms. Once in your brain they don't come out.
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