what is the most viscous species on earth

[russtafa]

i think it could be the army ant

[Jericho]

The Giant African Snail...That's pretty viscous. :shrug

[martin48]

There is only man - other animals only do what is necessary to survive.

[russtafa]

there is only man - other animals only do what is necessary to survive.
besides man

[noble1337]

id say the hyena...
saw a video of a hyena rip the face off a baby zebra, then eat it alive. if they kill, theyll usually eat them alive (not go for the neck kill like the cat family does)
think theres reasons why theyre meant to be scavengers...

[SpoogeMonkey]

pandas are nasty cunts

[ed_jaxon]

That word

[russtafa]

id say the hyena...
saw a video of a hyena rip the face off a baby zebra, then eat it alive. if they kill, theyll usually eat them alive (not go for the neck kill like the cat family does)
think theres reasons why theyre meant to be scavengers...
Hyena have the most strongest jaw power

[msharrow]

Politicians and traffic wardens!

[centipete]

The most viscous species? Errrrr, whichever one has the thickest blood, I guess...:shrug

[SammiValentine]

The most viscous species? Errrrr, whichever one has the thickest blood, I guess...:shrug

giggle :)

[Jericho]

That word

Shhhhhhh! :ignore::whistle:

[Yvonne183]

Germs,, like the flu. They kill more people and make more people suffer than any other species I know of. But the Platypus comes a close second in my opinion.

[PornGuy]

there us also Wo-Man

[Quiet Reflections]

If you really meant viscous I will agree with the guy that said some sort of snail. If you meant vicious then I have to agree with Yvonne. It is either some sort of germ or bacteria or a type of insect like the Mosquito.

[RallyCola]

besides man...i'd say woman.

they cost money, they stress you out and drive man into an early grave.

[russtafa]

excuse my spelling ya'll

[Prospero]

I don't like to pick on people so I said nothing

[trish]

I'm with Yvonne on this one, I'm going with the Ebola virus...in it's gooey viscous form.

[Prospero]

I have to disagree with Trish and Yvonne. Viciousness is a quality that comes with consciousness surely. And with self awareness. Thus I don't believe there is any species quite as vicious as mankind - for e are the nly species that is probably self conscious. And certainly not a life form as low down the evolutionary chain as germs or viruses. Cruelty is the close cousin of viciousness and I think cats are probably as cruel as they come after us. You've only to watch how they can play with their prey for hours before finally killing it.

But who but humans causes pain simply for the pleasure it gives them.

Ebola for all that is is a vile life form is concerned solely with ensuring its own survival. It's got selfish genes - like all of us.

[trish]

Lions are vicious (disposed to violent and destructive food gathering behaviors), but not necessarily intentionally cruel. Ripping the flesh off a living Zebra and eating it before its very eyes is simply sitting down to diner. Still, the lion has intent. It intends to run down, capture and eat its prey. I don't doubt that lions are determined. I do doubt, however, that lions intend to be vicious. Viciousness and cruelty are in the minds of the beholder (and maybe the victim who also beholds). Ebola viruses are pernicious little buggers whose sole desire (in the mind of the beholder) is to divert another organism's cellular machinery toward the reproduction of more Ebola viruses and melt the victim's flesh down into a bloody puddle of meaty goo. That's vicious. And it's also viscous.

[martin48]

besides man

OK - If you insist. One of these ... The most unpredictable creature in Africa

[martin48]

Lions are vicious (disposed to violent and destructive food gathering behaviors), but not necessarily intentionally cruel. Ripping the flesh off a living Zebra and eating it before its very eyes is simply sitting down to diner. Still, the lion has intent. It intends to run down, capture and eat its prey. I don't doubt that lions are determined. I do doubt, however, that lions intend to be vicious. Viciousness and cruelty are in the minds of the beholder (and maybe the victim who also beholds). Ebola viruses are pernicious little buggers whose sole desire (in the mind of the beholder) is to divert another organism's cellular machinery toward the reproduction of more Ebola viruses and melt the victim's flesh down into a bloody puddle of meaty goo. That's vicious. And it's also viscous.

Viruses can not be assigned emotions. They are the supreme example of evolutionary perfection - survival of the genotype. The Ebola virus is not the most effective in this - there are others.

[trish]

Hey, if Disney can assign emotions to a teapot, I can assign emotions to a virus!
(Hi martin :) )

[Tina Francis]

...that amazon tranny on the other thread that kicked the li'l white boy's ass in the subway tunnel...the army should have a battalion of those, and sic'em on the Taliban...

[Prospero]

Lions are vicious (disposed to violent and destructive food gathering behaviors), but not necessarily intentionally cruel. Ripping the flesh off a living Zebra and eating it before its very eyes is simply sitting down to diner. Still, the lion has intent. It intends to run down, capture and eat its prey. I don't doubt that lions are determined. I do doubt, however, that lions intend to be vicious. Viciousness and cruelty are in the minds of the beholder (and maybe the victim who also beholds). Ebola viruses are pernicious little buggers whose sole desire (in the mind of the beholder) is to divert another organism's cellular machinery toward the reproduction of more Ebola viruses and melt the victim's flesh down into a bloody puddle of meaty goo. That's vicious. And it's also viscous.

Certainly ends up viscous. But it's intent (if an organism with no consciusness or central nervous system can have intent) is simply, as you say, to reproduce.
"I ooze, therefore I am" Rene (Ebola) Descartes

[Prospero]

A hippo is not vicious - just mean

[Prospero]

Lou Reed - Vicious - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIdc0NGumVc)

[blur1380]

The honey bagder, it just doesn't give a shit.
http://youtu.be/4r7wHMg5Yjg

[russtafa]

a salt water Croc is vicious ,it eats its own kind it attacks it's own kind and any thing else around.when it attacks it goes into a death roll which tries to break the victims back and then it deposits the prey in an under ground burrow either alive or dead to eat later

[Yvonne183]

http://www.randysrodeo.com/images/features/pistols/33.jpg

He's Vicious and probably not considered a man.

[Quiet Reflections]

insects are worse than mammals and reptiles

[Dino Velvet]

Anyone who has free will and chooses to kill for the thrill then inseminate the fresh corpse of an infant is a tough act to follow. Evil > Violence

[rasta]

.. the shrew is pound for pound the most vicious of creatures..

[onmyknees]

I think the question was "species" .....when referring to viruses, don't we refer to them as "strains" and not species, but I may be splitting hairs. If we're talking species, it's unquestionably the weasel ( not the HA species of weasel) A weasel will kill for the fun of it, unlike most other species who kill to sustain.

[Yvonne183]

I think the question was "species" .....when referring to viruses, don't we refer to them as "strains" and not species, but I may be splitting hairs. If we're talking species, it's unquestionably the weasel ( not the HA species of weasel) A weasel will kill for the fun of it, unlike most other species who kill to sustain.

Party pooper,,,lol We wuz havin' fun.

[trish]

The International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses does divide viruses into orders, families, genera and species....just to answer a technical question. "Strain" is often used to refer to isolate, or lab grown population.

[onmyknees]

The International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses does divide viruses into orders, families and species....just to answer a technical question.


Ya Know...I hadn't thought of The International Committe on the Taxonomy of Viruses....and I was just on thier website preparing for a pop quiz too.

I was using the Webster's defination ...."a class of individuals having common attributes and designated by a common name"

[trish]

My, how wonderful you are!

[onmyknees]

My, how wonderful you are!


I'm a huge fan of Sarcasm . I may actually be starting to like you.

[lovesall]

The honey bagder, it just doesn't give a shit.
http://youtu.be/4r7wHMg5Yjg

:iagree:

[muh_muh]

Ebola viruses are pernicious little buggers whose sole desire (in the mind of the beholder) is to divert another organism's cellular machinery toward the reproduction of more Ebola viruses and melt the victim's flesh down into a bloody puddle of meaty goo. That's vicious. And it's also viscous.

im no expert on biology but i remember reading somewhere that that is less a result of being vicious as it is a result of being young and retarded
its in the best interest of a virus bacterium or parasite to not kill its host and most viri that have been with humans for eternities and thus have had ample time to adapt to them like the common cold or herpes are little more than an annoyance (in 99% of the cases) to the host and infinitely more successfull than ebola in infecting the masses

[johnb85]

The honey bagder, it just doesn't give a shit.
http://youtu.be/4r7wHMg5Yjg

+1! The Honey Badger's Badass!

[trish]

im no expert on biology but i remember reading somewhere that that is less a result of being vicious as it is a result of being young and retarded
its in the best interest of a virus bacterium or parasite to not kill its host and most viri that have been with humans for eternities and thus have had ample time to adapt to them like the common cold or herpes are little more than an annoyance (in 99% of the cases) to the host and infinitely more successfull than ebola in infecting the masses
Like in so many families, being stupid goes hand in hand with being vicious while being smart goes hand in hand with being annoying.

[jm813]

Humans

[russtafa]

:hide-1:the ball crusher fish in New Guinea that chomps of the balls of the local fisher men.the fish originally came from South America and ate nuts that fell into the rivers but now eats meat in New Guinea =meat balls lol

[russtafa]

i read this in the Sydney Daily Telegraph

[fordly66]

My vote is for the praying mantis. Yeah, especially the female ! Geesh, she eats the male when he is done mating, and he is still alive when she is eating him!

[Dino Velvet]

George Carlin's Ghost. It's like a voice from Heaven... or the other place.

George Carlin - Tips For Serial Killers - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P79lA_pJWaU)