2009 World's Hardest Creature- Group D- Air Beasts

[Silent Bob]

so giving someone a COLD is as hard as beating them up then yeah?

Mosquitoes SUCK (arf). Carrying diseases isn't hard. FLEAS started the Black Plague, are they hard? No. Is a man with AIDS harder than Chuck Norris? No. Mosquitoes, not hard.

 

[Simster]

so giving someone a COLD is as hard as beating them up then yeah?

How HARD do you have to be to kill millions of people by something you yourself carry but are unaffected by.

Proper hardness with bells on, right there.

 

[perth seagull]

Mosquitoes SUCK (arf). Carrying diseases isn't hard. FLEAS started the Black Plague, are they hard? No. Is a man with AIDS harder than Chuck Norris? No. Mosquitoes, not hard.

I agree. I think the Japanese hornet could be the ultimate alpha insect. From Wikipedia:

"Due to its size, it is known in Japan as the giant sparrow bee "

"the venom contains a neurotoxin called mandaratoxin[5] which can be lethal to people who are not allergic if the dose is sufficient. Between 20 and 40 people die each year in Japan after being stung by giant hornets."

"The venom contains at least eight distinct chemicals, some of which damage tissue, some of which cause pain, and at least one which has an odor that attracts more hornets to the victim."

"Japanese Hornets protect their nest and will attack humans that venture within about 10 meters. They will start to swarm and then attack en masse, sometimes emitting a loud noise. It is advisable therefore to retreat immediately from groups of Japanese Hornets, and at great haste should they start to emit a rattling noise."

"Single stings can also be fatal, so even in the absence of small groups of hornets, extreme precaution is advised, particularly (but not only) if one has been stung before since there is a greater risk of an extreme allergic reaction."

"Japanese Hornets are attracted to beverages containing alcohol and glucose, so care should be taken when drinking from a can or other vessel containing such liquids that has been left unattended for long enough for a hornet to enter, especially when in mountainous regions where Japanese Hornets are common."

"The hornets can devastate a colony of honey bees: a single hornet can kill as many as 40 honey bees per minute thanks to their large mandibles which can quickly strike and decapitate a bee. It takes only a few of these hornets a few hours to exterminate the population of a 30,000-member hive, leaving a trail of severed insect heads and limbs."

"Recently, several companies in Asia and Europe have begun to manufacture dietary supplements and energy drinks which contain synthetic versions of secretions of the larvae of Vespa mandarinia, which the adult hornets usually consume. "

 

[London Calling]

I agree. I think the Japanese hornet could be the ultimate alpha insect. From Wikipedia:

"Due to its size, it is known in Japan as the giant sparrow bee "

"the venom contains a neurotoxin called mandaratoxin[5] which can be lethal to people who are not allergic if the dose is sufficient. Between 20 and 40 people die each year in Japan after being stung by giant hornets."

"The venom contains at least eight distinct chemicals, some of which damage tissue, some of which cause pain, and at least one which has an odor that attracts more hornets to the victim."

"Japanese Hornets protect their nest and will attack humans that venture within about 10 meters. They will start to swarm and then attack en masse, sometimes emitting a loud noise. It is advisable therefore to retreat immediately from groups of Japanese Hornets, and at great haste should they start to emit a rattling noise."

"Single stings can also be fatal, so even in the absence of small groups of hornets, extreme precaution is advised, particularly (but not only) if one has been stung before since there is a greater risk of an extreme allergic reaction."

"Japanese Hornets are attracted to beverages containing alcohol and glucose, so care should be taken when drinking from a can or other vessel containing such liquids that has been left unattended for long enough for a hornet to enter, especially when in mountainous regions where Japanese Hornets are common."

"The hornets can devastate a colony of honey bees: a single hornet can kill as many as 40 honey bees per minute thanks to their large mandibles which can quickly strike and decapitate a bee. It takes only a few of these hornets a few hours to exterminate the population of a 30,000-member hive, leaving a trail of severed insect heads and limbs."

"Recently, several companies in Asia and Europe have begun to manufacture dietary supplements and energy drinks which contain synthetic versions of secretions of the larvae of Vespa mandarinia, which the adult hornets usually consume. "

and againgst a polar bear?

It would walk across the ice with its frozen coke, shake it up shower itself and then eat the hornet nest.

 

[perth seagull]

and againgst a polar bear?

They'd sting the polar bear and send them further down the road to extinction, alongside the ice caps melting.

 

[Simster]

They'd sting the polar bear and send them further down the road to extinction.

I'm sure it's considered seriously HARD in Japan but I can't help noticing that this wasp is little more than a bully, and not sufficiently HARD to have colonised outside it's Japanese heartland.

Japanses Hornet = the "rugby league" of the animal world.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

1 hour 20 minutes to go

if you don't want your favourite BEAST to CRASH OUT at the first hurdle then get VOTING

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

POLLS ARE CLOSED

1 JGH 14
2 Cassowary 12
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3 Mosquito 8
4 Seagull 6
5 Phillipine Eagle 5
6 Vulture 2
7 Horsefly 0

therefore JAPANESE GIANT HORNET and CASSOWARY progress to the quarter finals, the draw of which will be made shortly

they cannot face each other until the semi finals