Bakers Dozen

Yes, thanks. Mea culpa. But to whom is a stingray “cute”?

And to whom is a koala dangerous?!??

Anyway…time to wrap this up.

Cute animals that are actually quite dangerous.

  1. Akita (dog breed)
  2. The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
  3. Compys
  4. Tilikum the killer whale, from the 2013 documentary, Blackfish.
  5. Poison dart frog
  6. Platypus (it has a poisonous spur on its foot)
  7. A human baby (Can’t get much more dangerous than a human!)
    8.Mogwai
  8. Ocelots
  9. Hippopotamuses (arguably the most dangerous animal in Africa)
  10. Stingray, the animal that killed Steve Irwin, “The Crocodile Hunter”.
  11. Koala
  12. Microbacteria

New category: U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas

Not sure what we’re looking for here. Are we limited to just parts of the United States?

Any part of any country counts: states, provinces, oblasts, prefectures, etc. Or however you interpret it…this thread does tend to go off the rails, hehehe.

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas
  3. Puerto Rico

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas
  3. Vermont

Puerto Rico was never an independent country - it passed directly from Spanish to U.S. rule.

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas
  3. Vermont
  4. Crimea

(Just to reiterate, this isn’t limited to the U.S.A.)

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas
  3. Vermont
  4. Crimea
  5. Scotland

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas
  3. Vermont
  4. Crimea
  5. Scotland
  6. Brittany

That can be said about a few animals on that list, including the hippo.

As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Abby’s hippois cute

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas
  3. Vermont
  4. Crimea
  5. Scotland
  6. Brittany
  7. Wales

As is the Met’s “William”: http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/544227

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas
  3. Vermont
  4. Crimea
  5. Scotland
  6. Brittany
  7. Wales
  8. Sicily

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas
  3. Vermont
  4. Crimea
  5. Scotland
  6. Brittany
  7. Wales
  8. Sicily
  9. Tanganyika

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas
  3. Vermont
  4. Crimea
  5. Scotland
  6. Brittany
  7. Wales
  8. Sicily
  9. Tanganyika
  10. Navarre

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas
  3. Vermont
  4. Crimea
  5. Scotland
  6. Brittany
  7. Wales
  8. Sicily
  9. Tanganyika
  10. Navarre
  11. Newfoundland

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas
  3. Vermont
  4. Crimea
  5. Scotland
  6. Brittany
  7. Wales
  8. Sicily
  9. Tanganyika
  10. Navarre
  11. Newfoundland
  12. Prussia

Now that’s a bit of a stretch.

Also, I’m calling foul on Prussia, which no longer exists as a political entity.

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas
  3. Vermont
  4. Crimea
  5. Scotland
  6. Brittany
  7. Wales
  8. Sicily
  9. Tanganyika
  10. Navarre
  11. Newfoundland
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    12.1 Zanzibar

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas
  3. Vermont
  4. Crimea
  5. Scotland
  6. Brittany
  7. Wales
  8. Sicily
  9. Tanganyika
  10. Navarre
  11. Newfoundland
  12. Prussia
    12.1 Zanzibar
  13. Sardinia

English words derived from real people’s names.

  1. Boycott

U.S. states, or non-U.S. subdivisions, that were once independent countries.

  1. Hawaii
  2. Texas
  3. Vermont
  4. Crimea
  5. Scotland
  6. Brittany
  7. Wales
  8. Sicily
  9. Tanganyika
  10. Navarre
  11. Newfoundland
  12. Prussia
  13. Saxony

Famous philosophers, and name of work (book or topic) they are famous for.

  1. Kant- Categorical Imperative