Badass Animals

Ah yes, honey badgers are very tough animals.

Although for sheer looks...it's hard for any animal to look more badass than this:



(Yeah I know, I've posted this elsewhere before, but it does make for a creepy photo!)

Mantis Shrimp.

Now, you're probably wondering what, exactly, is so scary about a shrimp. Well, Mantis Shrimp are not, actually, a kind of shrimp. They're crustaceans, and grow up to 30cm (12 inches) long. They also posses the best eyes out of any animal in the world. I'm not kidding. Each individual eye possesses trilateral depth perception (we can see in 3D because we have two eyes, and our brain can compare the two images to figure out 3D shapes. Well, each of the Mantis Shrimp's two eyes gives three slightly different images that its brain uses to construct an even better 3D image.) In addition, it can see into the ultraviolet, has a higher density of light-detecting cells than we do by an order of magnitude, and can detect the polarization of light.

Now, that's pretty cool, but hardly "Badass". So here's the fun part: They punch their prey to death. They do this by giving their arm the acceleration of a .22 bullet. You can't keep these things in normal aquariums because they will shatter the glass with one blow. Their punch is so fast that it creates a tiny lightning bolt under water.

They also have the hardest shell out of any living crustacean and can change the colour of their body, like chameleons.

The only real contender with them are Pistol Shrimp, who kill their prey (at range) with sound waves. The noise they make when they snap their fingers is so loud (200+ decibels) that it kills most things it hits. They can be heard from miles away.


If these two ever teamed up and launched an invasion, we'd be in trouble.

Originally Posted by John

Mantis Shrimp.

Now, you're probably wondering what, exactly, is so scary about a shrimp. Well, Mantis Shrimp are not, actually, a kind of shrimp. They're crustaceans, and grow up to 30cm (12 inches) long. They also posses the best eyes out of any animal in the world. I'm not kidding. Each individual eye possesses trilateral depth perception (we can see in 3D because we have two eyes, and our brain can compare the two images to figure out 3D shapes. Well, each of the Mantis Shrimp's two eyes gives three slightly different images that its brain uses to construct an even better 3D image.) In addition, it can see into the ultraviolet, has a higher density of light-detecting cells than we do by an order of magnitude, and can detect the polarization of light.

Now, that's pretty cool, but hardly "Badass". So here's the fun part: They punch their prey to death. They do this by giving their arm the acceleration of a .22 bullet. You can't keep these things in normal aquariums because they will shatter the glass with one blow. Their punch is so fast that it creates a tiny lightning bolt under water.

They also have the hardest shell out of any living crustacean and can change the colour of their body, like chameleons.

The only real contender with them are Pistol Shrimp, who kill their prey (at range) with sound waves. The noise they make when they snap their fingers is so loud (200+ decibels) that it kills most things it hits. They can be heard from miles away.


If these two ever teamed up and launched an invasion, we'd be in trouble.

Oh I remember the mantis shrimp - wasn't that your avatar a few months ago?

And know how pretty much any animal with a bit of intelligence knows to give crocs a wide berth? Yeah, a Honey Badger would rather eat one, particularly the babies and smaller varieties. These magnificent beasts are smart too. They even use tools to catch more prey for their endless appetites.

Eating a baby crocodile does not make a beaver badass.
Show me one eating an adult and screwing its wife.


**** all of you the most badass animal is the hippo.
Adorable? Yes. dangerous? Yes. Did the late great Steve Irwin **** his pants when he had to cross a river filled with hippos? Yes.


And even crocs know not to **** with hippos.



Oh and Dolphins are pretty bad ass themselves, they're smart as hell and they have been known to kill sharks.

ahahaha hippos are great. Cassowary's on the other hand...

It looks at you funny... you laugh at its goofy expression.


then.. all hell breaks loose!



"Cassowaries have a reputation for being dangerous to people and domestic animals. The 2007 edition of the Guinness World Records lists the cassowary as the world's most dangerous bird. During World War II American and Australian troops stationed in New Guinea were warned to steer clear of them. Many internet entries about cassowaries state that they can disembowel a man or dog with one kick, with the long second toe claw cutting the gut open."

""The inner or second of the three toes is fitted with a long, straight, murderous nail which can sever an arm or eviscerate an abdomen with ease. There are many records of natives being killed by this bird.""

But.. that's apparently a gross over exaggeration . But still.

Definately the blue ring octopus. This octopus possesses one of the most violent poisons known to man. if you get bit by this thing you will be blind in a matter of seconds, become extremely nauseous, lose your sense of touch, speech and the ability to swallow, and you will be parlyzed and go into respiratory arrest within three minutes. Best part is, there is no know antidote for the poison, so if you're still in the water after more than five minutes you're as good as dead.

every time I think about Australia I think of this

Isnt it obvious by now that people really shouldn't be living there?

This mother****er right here.

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Not now^



Do it Nao.

Originally Posted by Lincoln Osiris

Inst it obvious by now that people really shouldn't be living there?

But the fact that it's the most venomous environment on the planet is what makes australia fun

Badass.

From:
Rainforests from Nicaragua to Paraguay

Why you must fear it:
It's a full inch long, it lives in trees and thus can and will fall on you to scare you away from its hive--the one you didn't know was there, because it's in a ******ing tree. Before it does this, it shrieks at you. This ant, you see, can shriek.

It's called a Bullet Ant because its 'unusually severe' sting feels like getting shot. On the Schmidt Sting Index, Bullet Ants rate as the number one most try-not-to-****-out-your-spine painful in the entirety of the Kingdom Arthropoda.

Also--and we do feel the need to stress this--they ******ing shriek at you before they attack.

http://www.cracked.com/article_15816...-in-world.html

Quite a stunning creature.

All these animals are badass enough, but none of them can come close to beating the Japanese Spider Crab.



What's so ****ing badass about this mother****er? Well, look at it's Wikipedia entry!



**** yeah, while every other crab is busy getting the **** kicked out of them by everything else, this ****er is ****ing invincible. In fact, just for kicks, they occasionally turn into smaller crabs and wrestle crocodiles. Guess who wins.



Hint: it wasn't the crocodile.

Not only that, but they have a habit of killing people at aquariums. How? BY CHARGING THEIR MOTHER****ING LASERS THAT'S HOW.



Moments later, the man standing next to the glass and the photographer were smoldering piles of ashes.


Japanese Spider Crabs.

Don't **** with them.

Originally Posted by Sailboat

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All this, and no one has mentioned this badass?

You've heard of the Portuguese Man-o-War, those big jellyfish-like things that can kill somebody by touching 'em?

Well, these little guys eat the Man-o-Wars for breakfast, and take all the little stingy bits, saving the most potent ones for later, when somebody decides to screw with 'em.



On top of that badassness, the Blue Dragons spend their time chilling on their backs, as if to say, "you can't screw with me!"

Don't mess with the blue dragons man.

Originally Posted by Twilight Joker

Quite a stunning creature.

Stunning, yes, but also quite stupid and slow. I'm more intimidated by geese. (I see them every day at my work, so I'm rather acclimatized, I suppose)

Originally Posted by kylio27

This guy just stole my original post. He called out the platypus and even named it a badass.

VERY ORIGINAL ****FACE

Get in line.

Originally Posted by Black_Mamba

A transparent fish that can see through itself. Hard to beat that.

"Do I have a skin problem?"

Originally Posted by Calliope

Oh it's totally the Mola Mola.
A thing this awkward looking (and moving) has survived for thousands of years?




that's pretty badass

The operation was a failure.

Originally Posted by Freedom G

****ing Narwhals guys. They're the unicorns of the sea. You can't beat that, I'm sorry.

NARWHAL CHARGE!

Originally Posted by Solink

http://www.jacklovesyou.com/misc/Cloverfield.jpg

That's obvious.

Originally Posted by Lincoln Osiris

every time I think about Australia I think of this

Isnt it obvious by now that people really shouldn't be living there?

You just made me more scared to look under my bed.