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Subject: What insect/rodent/animal would would have the best chance to take over the world?
obviously anything in the sea is out..



If we were to be taken over, what would do it?

 

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Cockroaches.

 

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My guess was going to be Ants

 

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Subject: What insect/rodent/animal would would have the best chance to take over the world?
I believe the key reason why man was able to take over the world is that we are by far the most highly adaptable to weather / environment conditions. I'm having a hard time thinking of any other animal on Earth that even comes close to us in this regard.

 

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Aerlinthian posted:
I believe the key reason why man was able to take over the world is that we are by far the most highly adaptable to weather / environment conditions. I'm having a hard time thinking of any other animal on Earth that even comes close to us in this regard.


Rats.

 

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In the absence of humans you mean, or now?

 

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In the absence of humans you mean, or now?


mmmmmm good question


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I guess I meant take us over as in we are here

but that is a good point.. who would be king if we weren't here

 

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ants


they already have these massive continent covering colonies or some ****

 

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if rats were just a bit smarter they'd prolly wipe us out tongue

 

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Another vote for rats.

 

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Gaevren posted:
Rats.
They are decent for a lower life form but they will never be the masters of their domain unless they were to become unchallenged which means that something external would have to take out their many natural predators. Also, they have little to no tool use and no communication skills other than rudimentary basics.

 

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Bears.

 

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Beers.
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arrows to the knee

 

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Ants

 

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Those are impressive.

 

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Brandun posted:
obviously anything in the sea is out..



If we were to be taken over, what would do it?




? Anything in the sea is out. why?


? Insect.. rodent... ANIMAL?



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Crabs took over my world for about a week plain

 

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and one more for ANTS

 

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GrimTempest posted:
if rats were just a bit smarter they'd prolly wipe us out tongue


Correction. If rats had thumbs, we'd be wiped out already...

 

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Natoli posted:
GrimTempest posted:
if rats were just a bit smarter they'd prolly wipe us out tongue
Correction. If rats had thumbs, we'd be wiped out already...
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the mole people

 

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Gaevren posted:
Cockroaches.

 

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I don't think any rodents have the chance to take over with humans around.

Around the Pre-cambrian? apparently a shrewlike mammal was a predecessor to all of the larger mammals once dinosaurs were out of the picture and they were able to differentiate and fill all the newly empty niches.

I think at this point with the bird variety being what it is, if there was a rodent explosion somewhere you would just see a boom in the predatory bird population to balance it back out.

If anything is going to knock us out of top dog status, it will probably be bacteria or fungus.

 

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The gross weight of ants is higher than the gross weight of humans...

 

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A would would chucker.

 

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The gross weight of ants is higher than the gross weight of humans...


yet, we rule grin

 

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We have agenda. Amy's just want to dig and climb into picnic baskets.

 

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Rats or Cockroaches

 

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BEES!

 

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rat bear tongue something like from fallout lol.

 

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BEES!




 

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Brandun posted:
Ungabhunga posted:
The gross weight of ants is higher than the gross weight of humans...


yet, we rule grin


Only because they let us. If they all attacked at once we would be fked.

 

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worried

 

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