The most dangerous creature of our planet

[paradoxum]

Humans as they are the only creature capable of destroying the planet.

I don't think we can destroy the planet.  We can terraform it, but not destroy it.

Yes we perfectly can. All we have to do is launch all of the nukes we have at all of the nuclear plants we have.
Done, earth destroyed easily. It's not destroyed, but nearly all life will be wiped out. Done.
Or we could create a microscopic black hole to swallow the earth. That works too. Or launch tonnes of antimatter at earth, but we haven't reached that point yet.

Uh, isn't that what I said?  We can't destroy it, but we can terraform it.

No, wrong.

Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a planet, moon, or other body is the theoretical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to the biosphere of Earth to make it habitable by Earth-like life.

The term "terraforming" is sometimes used more generally as a synonym for planetary engineering, although some consider this more general usage an error.

Wrong word there. What you want to say is Planetary Engineering, and not terraforming.

Planetary Engineering is not used by people in the field (certainly not here at JPL).  Carl mentioned it a few times after it was cited by Fred, but otherwise it is generally regarded as terraforming.  Earth was terraformed many times prior to life evolving and nuclear fallout onto the landmasses would terraform it again - just would take a few million years for the bacteria to clear the decay.

Please don't cite Wikipedia.  Those entries are not correct.  Anybody here at JPL would argue the same point.

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[Hiraga]

Deadliest animal, probably this:



Don't blame the mosquito, he just wanted some blood.

[byt411]

Humans as they are the only creature capable of destroying the planet.

I don't think we can destroy the planet.  We can terraform it, but not destroy it.

Yes we perfectly can. All we have to do is launch all of the nukes we have at all of the nuclear plants we have.
Done, earth destroyed easily. It's not destroyed, but nearly all life will be wiped out. Done.
Or we could create a microscopic black hole to swallow the earth. That works too. Or launch tonnes of antimatter at earth, but we haven't reached that point yet.

Uh, isn't that what I said?  We can't destroy it, but we can terraform it.

No, wrong.

Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a planet, moon, or other body is the theoretical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to the biosphere of Earth to make it habitable by Earth-like life.

The term "terraforming" is sometimes used more generally as a synonym for planetary engineering, although some consider this more general usage an error.

Wrong word there. What you want to say is Planetary Engineering, and not terraforming.

Planetary Engineering is not used by people in the field (certainly not here at JPL).  Carl mentioned it a few times after it was cited by Fred, but otherwise it is generally regarded as terraforming.  Earth was terraformed many times prior to life evolving and nuclear fallout onto the landmasses would terraform it again - just would take a few million years for the bacteria to clear the decay.

Please don't cite Wikipedia.  Those entries are not correct.  Anybody here at JPL would argue the same point.

OK, can you provide a quote where someone says that it is actually correct then? You claim to be from JPL, I claim I am Obama. As you wish.

Deadliest animal, probably this:



Don't blame the mosquito, he just wanted some blood.

A mosquito is an insect, not an animal. Malaria isn't a living organism at all, it's a sickness caused by a unicellular microorganism named Plasmodium Sporozoite.

[paradoxum]

Deadliest animal, probably this:

Don't blame the mosquito, he just wanted some blood.

Well if we're talking about blood sucking parasites, then politicians are the worst creature to inhabit Earth.

[Hiraga]

Insects are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are among the most diverse groups of animals on the planet...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect

Insects are animals belonging to Kingdom Animalia.

[clovex]

problebably something scary looking

[byt411]

Insects are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are among the most diverse groups of animals on the planet...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect

Insects are animals belonging to Kingdom Animalia.

Oh. Alright, I didn't know that. Learnt something new.
Anyway, it's like the black death, it's the rats/fleas that bite people, but they do that anyway, it's because they are carrying a microorganism that causes the disease.

Deadliest animal, probably this:

Don't blame the mosquito, he just wanted some blood.

Well if we're talking about blood sucking parasites, then politicians are the worst creature to inhabit Earth.

Not really, they suck money, not blood. But I ROFLed anyway.

[BitCoinNutJob]

Virus and bacteria. See the Ebola stuff, for example, and the Spanish flu. I think the more deadly are human made biological weapons .

With animals at least you have a chance to run or fight back, but nowhere to hide from microscopic beings.

Fungus can also be dangerous.

Bacteria is top of the food chain imo beating us by being too small and by sheer numbers

[petersiddle98]

Is virus and bacteria even consider a creature?

[byt411]

Is virus and bacteria even consider a creature?

They are considered as microbes, along with fungi. They are microscopic, meaning that you can't see them with the naked eye, but they are still "alive", with the exception of viruses, since we still don't know if they are alive or not. There are other things that are considered microbes too, but they're not dangerous or deadly.

So, as an answer to your question, it would depend what your definition of "creature" is.

[Justin00]

mongoose with laser strapped to its head.

[Nick.Fury]

[MakeBelieve]

I like it its actually pretty true its very rarely a shark attacks and kills humans yet humans seem to kill every day on a large scale .

[2520]

Humans definitely.

[ShakyhandsBTCer]

http://www.reddit.com/comments/2489wb/what_animal_kills_more_than_700000_people_per/

[Daniel91]

In my opinion, we, humans, are The most dangerous creature of our planet, definitely.
When we see damage people made in this planet, climate changes, extinct animal and plant species due to human activity, it's not hard really to answer this question.

[Kipsy89]

What is the most dangerous creature of our planet??

What you think

I think those giant squids from the bottom of the sea are incredibly powerful and also quite dangerous. Imagine swimming in the sea and such a creature just comes by and eats you alive, man. I wouldn't want to encounter them while scuba diving, either!

[ShakyhandsBTCer]

What is the most dangerous creature of our planet??

What you think

I think those giant squids from the bottom of the sea are incredibly powerful and also quite dangerous. Imagine swimming in the sea and such a creature just comes by and eats you alive, man. I wouldn't want to encounter them while scuba diving, either!

Good thing they are at the bottom of the sea and when they surface they are usually dead

[Omikifuse]

The bubonic plague bacteria

Devasted Europe in the Middle Age.

[dicemant]

Marilyn Manson?