The World's Most Pointless Animal

Degsy

farohar wrote:

And yet:
"The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca "black-and-white cat-foot") is a mammal classified in the bear family, Ursidae, native to central and southern China."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Panda

"Giant pandas are classified as bears and have the digestive system of a carnivore, but they have adapted to a vegetarian diet and depend almost exclusively on bamboo as a food source."
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/our_solutions/endangered_species/giant_panda/index.cfm

"You want to back up your statement with some evidence? Though I think the guys from WWF would pretty much be the experts.

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The guys from WWF?Fair enough says i,i rang Hulk Hogana and Jake The Snake to ask them and they hadnt got a clue what i was on about.Thanks for the usless advice mate.

Reku

Degsy wrote:

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The guys from WWF?Fair enough says i,i rang Hulk Hogana and Jake The Snake to ask them and they hadnt got a clue what i was on about.Thanks for the usless advice mate.

If you bothered to:
(a) click the link
(b) keep up to date
you'd know that WWF has nothing to do with wrestling. I hate wrestling and even I know they've long since changed the abreviation for the main organisation.
Have to agree with Blub2k4's view of you and your average post's content...

biko

Every animal fills a function, it'd be extinct otherwise according to Darwin.
A lot of them are there to eat leaves and grass, some are there to eat other animals and some are there for our amusement (and hunting/trapping).
It's the way God intended it.

InFront

Degsy wrote:

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The guys from WWF?Fair enough says i,i rang Hulk Hogana and Jake The Snake to ask them and they hadnt got a clue what i was on about.Thanks for the usless advice mate.

I miss the WWF

Every animal fills a function, it'd be extinct otherwise according to Darwin.
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Not long now.....:D

Fanny Cradock

what about the sub species of goat that collapses and becomes rigid (sort of like a catatonic fit) when startled? from what I gather, it's supposedly some defence mechanism - appearing dead, but i would have thought it would have just made it easier for any potential predator.

#Smokey#

cock-a-roaches are the worst.

Dragan

biko wrote:

Every animal fills a function, it'd be extinct otherwise according to Darwin.

Actually, that is not strictly true. Darwins Theory is often thought to mean survival of the fittest but it actually meant survivial of the most adaptable to change.

As such, the Panda would only be extinct under Darwins theory if it has been forced to deal with some kind of change and was not up to the job.

It is entirely possible the the Panda evolved to a point and then never had to evolve past that point as it was never forced to undergo any more change of environment, predator/prey interplay or food sourcing.

As such just existing does not automatically imply that you have a role to play.

For me, Panda's are a pretty cool animal, who don't really seem to want to hurt anyone so i say "it's all good".:D

ThrownAway

Hippos.


Although if it wasn't for them Hungry Hippos would have never been invented.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Click me...

The worlds most pointless animal, its sexually attracted to fire!

ThrownAway

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote:

Click me...

The worlds most pointless animal, its sexually attracted to fire!

:eek: Wtf is that thing

Ruu_Old

Watch, from the Simpsons *screams*:)

scojones

The sad panda is FAR from pointless!

Degsy

farohar wrote:

If you bothered to:
(a) click the link
(b) keep up to date
you'd know that WWF has nothing to do with wrestling. I hate wrestling and even I know they've long since changed the abreviation for the main organisation.
Have to agree with Blub2k4's view of you and your average post's content...

Do you really?How hurtfull.Call my shrink you and burp242k dont like my posts,i'm a broken man.:rolleyes:

ThrownAway

Ruu wrote:

Watch, from the Simpsons *screams*:)

Haha, that's hilarious

[ I say that sentence too much ]

Dave!

farohar wrote:

If you bothered to:
(a) click the link
(b) keep up to date
you'd know that WWF has nothing to do with wrestling. I hate wrestling and even I know they've long since changed the abreviation for the main organisation.
Have to agree with Blub2k4's view of you and your average post's content...

Hey, you seem like a fun guy, wanna be friends?

Rhyme

Gordon wrote:

Pandas are actually insects.

I thought they were a herb?

The Saint

If Panda's actually sat around and bred all the time then they wouldn't be endangered. Stupid animals just don't get it on enough.

Anyway, my vote for the most useless animal would be the dolphin. They swim around thinking there so smart, plotting their overthrow of the human race from their watery fortresses, laughing in that menacing cackling manner. I say mine and depthcharge Dingle bay. Down with dolphins!!! Buy tins of tuna friendly dolphin!!!! Use their skin for wallets. Bastards.

Gordon

Rhyme wrote:

I thought they were a herb?

Only when you eat them with ivory cutlery.

muppetkiller

Jellyfish I mean what good do they do....And they don't taste nice either...any animal that doesn't taste good is pointless.

InFront

The Saint wrote:

If Panda's actually sat around and bred all the time then they wouldn't be endangered. Stupid animals just don't get it on enough.

Anyway, my vote for the most useless animal would be the dolphin. They swim around thinking there so smart, plotting their overthrow of the human race from their watery fortresses, laughing in that menacing cackling manner. I say mine and depthcharge Dingle bay. Down with dolphins!!! Buy tins of tuna friendly dolphin!!!! Use their skin for wallets. Bastards.

What and have Bud and Sandy trapped in the haunted caves of Everglade Country Park again? Dont you know how badly off the world would be if we didnt have Flipper, the dophin who was faster than lightening? Youre silly!

Reku

Surely the world's most useless animal would be some form of parasite? Many of these have no actual benefit to them (either symbyotic or during non-parasitic stages in their lifecycles).

The Saint

InFront wrote:

What and have Bud and Sandy trapped in the haunted caves of Everglade Country Park again? Dont you know how badly off the world would be if we didnt have Flipper, the dophin who was faster than lightening? Youre silly!

Flipper ate babies and was a paedophile. He was also a freedom hater.

Dragan

The Saint wrote:

Flipper ate babies and was a paedophile. He was also a freedom hater.

I heard that as well. There was also a rumour that him and skippy were running the Australian leg of the KKK.

Where was America then, eh?

InFront

The Saint wrote:

Flipper ate babies and was a paedophile. He was also a freedom hater.

Try to see beyond all of that, remember the good he did. Underneath that cold exterior, the paedophile grin, his cynical rattle, there was a dolphon who just wanted to make the world a better place.

Farohar thats a fair point. In retrospect I am willing to concede that things like Clostridium Tetani (the little bugger who gives you tetanus) and Lysteria monocytogenes (gives you Lysteriosis) are slightly more pointless than the boring panda. But only a small bit. Pandas can be vicious too you know...

Naos

Godan: Insect comment, hilarious.
Degsy: WWF = World Wildlife Foundation, not WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment.
Fanny C: The defense mechanism is that it confuses the predator, predator doesnt have a clue what just happened, gets a bit freaked and leaves. Whether it works or not, I have no idea

As for the aul Panda, the thing eats but is hardly breeding..

Most pointless animal, by far, is the midget. They have zero purpose in life, bar gathering under trees and proceeding to itch a passerbys scalp.

The Saint

Mear wrote:

Most pointless animal, by far, is the midget. They have zero purpose in life, bar gathering under trees and proceeding to itch a passerbys scalp.

Hey, just because they're shorter than average folk doesn't mean that they serve no purpose (nearly spelt porpoise there, don't get me started on those bastards). They are still people, just a little shorter. And if they're loitering under trees scratching the heads of passers by then call the guards and they should move them along without much trouble.

Archeron

I vote for the wolf eel who's only apparent purpose is flying out of underwater caves to scare the sh*t out of divers.

OctavarIan

Scumbags....

biko

How about this furry little critter?

peasant

The Panda is neither a bear, nor a cat and not even an insect, it's a



FIAT

so off with this thread to the motors forum ...