# Animal Feud **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 28, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546 "2025-08-28T01:08:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546/61 "2025-09-04T08:54:54Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > I don’t remember being in the top 5 of a feud before, so it’s really surprising to be first. I never win, because I tend somehow to read the the questions differently. I think I was the only one who allowed for “humans” as an animal. Another time, I really screwed up-- the question asked for things that came in pairs-- gloves, shoes, etc. I read it as animals that pair-bond and answered “penguins.” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546/62 "2025-09-04T10:40:45Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546/63 "2025-09-04T11:07:45Z")
I said “duck” for #10 because surely the combined presence of Donald and Daffy would be iconic enough to resonate with all the contestants, but NOOOOO, the “Oscar winning rabbit” prevailed. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546/64 "2025-09-04T14:22:09Z")
“You’re desssspicable.” ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546/65 "2025-09-04T14:33:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I said “duck” for #10 because surely the combined presence of Donald and Daffy would be iconic enough to resonate with all the contestants, but NOOOOO, the “Oscar winning rabbit” prevailed. Clearly it must have been wabbit season. “Fire!” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546/66 "2025-09-04T15:33:34Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I said “duck” for #10 because surely the combined presence of Donald and Daffy would be iconic enough to resonate with all the contestants, but NOOOOO, the “Oscar winning rabbit” prevailed. I picked mouse because I figured there’s Mickey, Jerry, Speedy, Pinky, Mighty, and all those other characters whose names don’t end in a y. But, no, people had to have a rabbit. I tell you, that really bugs me. And all those people who picked cows instead of chickens. It’s like Colonel Sanders died in vain. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546/67 "2025-09-04T15:59:26Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s like Colonel Sanders died in vain. He didn’t die in vain. He died in Louisville, Kentucky. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546/68 "2025-09-04T16:38:56Z")
Are you sure? I thought he died in vain. Or maybe it was Mermont. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546/69 "2025-09-04T18:16:15Z")
Well, I’m dying to see what they’ll be wearing at the 2026 Kentucky Derby. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546/70 "2025-09-05T00:58:02Z")
I would have thought that the dope was scientifically minded enough to pick the [most deadly animal](https://www.cdc.gov/global-health/impact/fighting-the-worlds-deadliest-animal.html) that annually kills 100,000 times as many people as your friendly neighborhood shark. But I guess when you have Stephen Speilberg as your publicist you can’t lose. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546/71 "2025-09-05T04:12:47Z")
You have to remember the issue is which animal is dangerous to humans not which species. Here’s the science for you. Total human deaths caused by mosquito per year - approximately one million Total human deaths caused by shark per year - approximately five Total world mosquito population - approximately 500,000,000,000,000 Total world shark population - approximately 1,000,000,000 Annual mosquito:human death ratio - approximately 500,000,000:1 Annual shark:human death ratio - approximately 200,000,000:1 So as you can see, on an animal-to-animal comparison, sharks are two and a half times more deadly to humans than mosquitos. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546/72 "2025-09-06T15:19:23Z")
Science, Schmience. I’m not _afraid_ of mosquitoes. I’m personally not likely to die from a mosquito-borne disease. I’ve been bitten by a gazillion mosquitoes in my life and don’t clearly remember a single one of them. I’ve never been bitten by a shark. Merely had a stringer stolen by one, and had them rub against my legs a few times while wade-fishing, yet I vividly remember every instance. The possibility of immediate painful wounding or death beats facts anytime. I can see why people who never spend time in the salt are scared of sharks. That said, I voted for Bears, because I know how to deal with sharks and see them regularly, but I’m not likely to ever run into a bear. Even though they _are_ real-life dangerous, bears are something only seen on TV and therefore the danger becomes almost mythical. Like Godzilla. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546/73 "2025-11-09T10:51:20Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > Science, Schmience. > > I’m not _afraid_ of mosquitoes. I voted for humans, and am surprised I’m the only one who did. I’m way more afraid of humans than anything else I can think of, but more importantly, I really can’t avoid humans altogether, the way I can other creatures, and there’s no DEET for humans. I think, also, aside from my personal feelings, “human” is also the statistically correct answer, ETA: yes, I know it’s been 2 months, but this just today came up in my feed, for some reason. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-feud/1022546.md?page=3)