# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3375
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67488 "2019-08-20T14:17:12Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Good thing I didn’t go with my first pick, Perseus. Perseus is out but I haven’t decided on Icarus and Daedalus. 🙂 August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division 3. SEAL Team Six 4. 11th Airborne Division (Angels) 5. 1. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division, Luftwaffe, WWII 6. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne 7. 112th Signal Bn (SO)(A) 8. 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), British Army 9. Teishin Shudan, Imperial Japanese Army 10. United States Army Parachute Team 11. 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion, French Foreign Legion 12. 724th Special Tactics Group [https://www.airforcespecialtactics.af.mil/724STG/](https://www.airforcespecialtactics.af.mil/724STG/) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67489 "2019-08-20T14:21:25Z")
August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division 3. SEAL Team Six 4. 11th Airborne Division (Angels) 5. 1. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division, Luftwaffe, WWII 6. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne 7. 112th Signal Bn (SO)(A) 8. 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), British Army 9. Teishin Shudan, Imperial Japanese Army 10. United States Army Parachute Team 11. 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion, French Foreign Legion 12. 724th Special Tactics Group 13. Tuskegee Airmen Next up: Creatures that live on blood 1. Mosquitoes ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67490 "2019-08-20T16:49:52Z")
Creatures that live on blood 1. Mosquitoes 2. vampire bats ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67491 "2019-08-20T16:53:48Z")
Creatures that live on blood 1. Mosquitoes 2. vampire bats 3. Vampire finches ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67492 "2019-08-20T16:56:50Z")
(See previous posts about the [Tuskegee Airmen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Airmen), they were an air squadron not an [Airborne unit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_forces).) August 16th was National Airborne Day, list of Airborne units past and present. 1. 7th Special Forces Group 2. 82nd Airborne Division 3. SEAL Team Six 4. 11th Airborne Division (Angels) 5. 1. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division, Luftwaffe, WWII 6. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne 7. 112th Signal Bn (SO)(A) 8. 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), British Army 9. Teishin Shudan, Imperial Japanese Army 10. United States Army Parachute Team 11. 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion, French Foreign Legion 12. 724th Special Tactics Group 13. 18th Airborne Corps. Creatures that live on blood 1. Mosquitoes 2. vampire bats 3. tongue-eating louse ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67493 "2019-08-20T17:09:35Z")
Creatures that live on blood 1. Mosquitoes 2. vampire bats 3. Vampire finches 4. tongue-eating louse Housekeeping. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67494 "2019-08-20T17:11:40Z")
Creatures that live on blood 1. Mosquitoes 2. vampire bats 3. Vampire finches 4. tongue-eating louse 5. Bedbugs ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67495 "2019-08-20T17:28:26Z")
Creatures that live on blood 1. Mosquitoes 2. vampire bats 3. Vampire finches 4. tongue-eating louse 5. Bedbugs 6. Kissing bugs > **[Triatominae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triatominae)** > > The members of the Triatominae /traɪ.əˈtɒmɪniː/, a subfamily of the Reduviidae, are also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs (so-called from their habit of feeding from around the mouths of people), or vampire bugs. Other local names for them used in the Americas include barbeiros, vinchucas, pitos, chipos and chinches. Most of the 130 or more species of this subfamily feed on vertebrate blood; a very few species feed on invertebrates. They are mainly found and widespread in the Americ At the... ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67496 "2019-08-20T18:03:25Z")
Creatures that live on blood 1. Mosquitoes 2. vampire bats 3. Vampire finches 4. tongue-eating louse 5. Bedbugs 6. Kissing bugs 7. Leeches ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67497 "2019-08-20T18:27:32Z")
Creatures that live on blood 1. Mosquitoes 2. vampire bats 3. Vampire finches 4. tongue-eating louse 5. Bedbugs 6. Kissing bugs 7. Leeches 8. head lice nice pleasant topic we got going here ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67498 "2019-08-20T18:58:59Z")
Creatures that live on blood 1. Mosquitoes 2. vampire bats 3. Vampire finches 4. tongue-eating louse 5. Bedbugs 6. Kissing bugs 7. Leeches 8. head lice 9. vampire moths ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67499 "2019-08-20T19:06:16Z")
Creatures that live on blood 1. Mosquitoes 2. vampire bats 3. Vampire finches 4. tongue-eating louse 5. Bedbugs 6. Kissing bugs 7. Leeches 8. head lice 9. vampire moths 10. vampire flying frogs Yes, that’s a real thing. They live in Vietnam. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67500 "2019-08-20T19:17:51Z")
Creatures that live on blood 1. Mosquitoes 2. vampire bats 3. Vampire finches 4. tongue-eating louse 5. Bedbugs 6. Kissing bugs 7. Leeches 8. head lice 9. vampire moths 10. vampire flying frogs 11. ticks ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67501 "2019-08-20T19:20:10Z")
Creatures that live on blood 1. Mosquitoes 2. vampire bats 3. Vampire finches 4. tongue-eating louse 5. Bedbugs 6. Kissing bugs 7. Leeches 8. head lice 9. vampire moths 10. vampire flying frogs 11. ticks 12. Vampires. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67502 "2019-08-20T20:56:29Z")
Creatures that live on blood 1. Mosquitoes 2. vampire bats 3. Vampire finches 4. tongue-eating louse 5. Bedbugs 6. Kissing bugs 7. Leeches 8. head lice 9. vampire moths 10. vampire flying frogs 11. ticks 12. Vampires 13. Chupacabra Fictional, but still: [Chupacabra - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra) Next category: Other fictional or extremely-unlikely-to-exist critters 1. Yeti ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67503 "2019-08-20T21:02:15Z")
Other fictional or extremely-unlikely-to-exist critters 1. Yeti 2. Centaur ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67504 "2019-08-20T21:05:02Z")
Other fictional or extremely-unlikely-to-exist critters 1. Yeti 2. Centaur 3. Unicorn ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67505 "2019-08-20T21:21:40Z")
Other fictional or extremely-unlikely-to-exist critters 1. Yeti 2. Centaur 3. Unicorn 4. Pegasus ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67506 "2019-08-20T22:16:21Z")
Other fictional or extremely-unlikely-to-exist critters 1. Yeti 2. Centaur 3. Unicorn 4. Pegasus 5. Push Me Pull You ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67507 "2019-08-20T22:24:57Z")
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