# Scary Animals Feud \[closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 9, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314 "2008-06-09T12:39:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/61 "2008-06-09T18:37:07Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > 1. Yes, I know, there isn’t really such a breed as the Pitbull terrier. I still think it’s going to be the most popular answer Maya, my [American Pit Bull Terrier](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pit_Bull_Terrier) mix barks hello. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/62 "2008-06-09T18:52:29Z")
What about the [American Staffordshire Terrier](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Staffordshire_Terrier), which is also known, in the US, as a Pitbull Terrier? Certainly the various laws against “pitbull terriers” that I’ve seen seek to ban both the breeds we’re mentioning, while selling the legislation as being targeted on one breed. Of course, it’s even more confusing when you consider the number of kennel clubs, and the differing breeds, as well as differing breed specs, that they follow. The short answer, I believe, is that there is not a single breed of dog that can be categorically called **the** Pitbull Terrier. There are several that are saddled with that name, usually with some justification. And the American Pit Bull Terrier is certainly one of them. My comment was made with the same kind of pedantry that has me claiming that neither “boa constrictor” nor “rattlesnake” actually are the names of specific species of snakes. True, in a very narrow range, but a bit misleading, all the same, unless one’s audience has been informed of the definitions that are being used. And scritch Maya for me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/63 "2008-06-09T18:53:55Z")
1. Mountain lion 2. Raccoon 3. Pit bull 4. Great white 5. Rats 6. Lions 7. Pit Bull 8. Malaria 9. Boa constrictor 10. Rattlesnake I hope I made the cut! ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/64 "2008-06-09T18:54:24Z")
1. Bears 2. Racoons 3. Tarantula 4. Great White 5. Rat 6. Lion 7. Pit bull 8. Malaria 9. Boa Constrictor 10. Cobra (Did I get in under the wire?) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/65 "2008-06-09T18:57:22Z")
1. Name a North American animal responsible for many human deaths. 2. Name an animal most people associate with carrying rabies. 3. Name an animal someone might have as a pet that would probably scare people. 4. Name a species of shark. 5. Name an animal considered by most to be vermin. 6. Name a dangerous animal native to Africa. 7. Name a breed of dog considered to be vicious. 8. Name a disease that is usually transmitted by an insect. 9. Name a species of snake that strangles its prey. 10. Name a venomous species of snake. [/QUOTE] 11. Bear 12. Bat 13. Snake 14. Great White 15. Rats 16. Lion 17. Pit Bull 18. Malaria 19. Boa 20. Rattle Snake Did I make in time??? (I really wanted to answer “human” for #1) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/66 "2008-06-09T19:03:28Z")
**Soapy** - you are number 44. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/67 "2008-06-09T19:06:31Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] **Soapy** - you are number 44. [/QUOTE] Phew! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/68 "2008-06-09T19:08:17Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] My comment was made with the same kind of pedantry that has me claiming that neither “boa constrictor” nor “rattlesnake” actually are the names of specific species of snakes. [/QUOTE] True of rattlesnakes, but _Boa constrictor_ is indeed a particular species–in fact, the only animal I can think of offhand that is referred to in common speech by its full Latin binomial. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/69 "2008-06-09T19:09:46Z")
1. Rattlesnake 2. Dog 3. Snake 4. Great white 5. Rat 6. Lion 7. Pit bull 8. Malaria 9. Boa constrictor 10. Cobra ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/70 "2008-06-09T19:29:43Z")
1. Bear 2. Bat 3. Pit bull 4. Hammerhead shark 5. Rat 6. Lion 7. Pit bull 8. Malaria 9. Boa constrictor 10. Rattlesnake Now to see if this post qualifies for the scoring… Edit: Looks like it did! Obviously plenty of disscussion in this thread. If one of the contestants is actually Stephen Colbert, I Know he’ll concur with me on Question #1. ---
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/71 "2008-06-09T19:36:09Z")
1. Bear 2. Bat 3. Snake 4. Great White 5. Rat 6. Lion 7. Pit Bull 8. Malaria 9. Boa Constrictor 10. Rattlesnake ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/72 "2008-06-09T19:43:21Z")
47 ---
**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:** [June 9, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/73 "2008-06-09T19:53:44Z")
Hopefully I got in under the wire… 1. Grizzly bear 2. Dog 3. Snake 4. Great White 5. Rat 6. Lion 7. Pit Bull 8. Malaria 9. Boa Constrictor 10. Rattlesnake ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/74 "2008-06-09T19:54:45Z")
[QUOTE=peekercpa] Mother of **Og**. My long lost twin sister. [/QUOTE] Looks like we’re quadruplets! **IvoryTowerDenizen** and **Wallflower** answered the same, too… ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/75 "2008-06-09T20:55:23Z")
1. grizzly bear 2. raccoon 3. snake 4. great white 5. rat 6. lion 7. pit bull terrier 8. rocky mountain spotted tick fever 9. boa constrictor 10. cobra Ack, hope I made it! My daughter wanted to say mountain lion for #1, she also wanted to say another snake for #6. She doesn’t like snakes. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/76 "2008-06-09T21:00:05Z")
1. Grizzly bear 2. Dog 3. Snake 4. Great White 5. Rat 6. Lion 7. Rottweiler 8. Malaria 9. Boa Constrictor 10. Rattlesnake I think I’m #50? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/77 "2008-06-09T21:18:29Z")
Yes you are! We’ll get this scored in a minute. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/78 "2008-06-09T21:30:04Z")
On question three, I grouped all snakes together, as being a _type_ of pet that might scare someone. On questions 9 and 10, however, a \*specific species \* of snake was requested, so they were not grouped. (The question of whether or not the answers were indeed species is a matter for Great Debates! ;)) Count of Answer Answer Total 1. Alligator 1 **1. Bear 27** 2. Bees 1 3. Black Widow Spider 1 4. Conch 1 5. Cottonmouth 1 6. Cougar 4 7. deer 5 8. dog 1 9. Moose 1 10. Mosquito 1 11. Rattlesnake 3 12. W 1 13. Wolf 2 14. Bat 15 **2. Dog 19** 15. fox 1 16. Raccoon 14 17. Skunk 1 **3. boa/python/snake 28** 18. Dog 2 19. Iguana 1 20. Pit bull 7 21. Tarantula 10 22. Wolf 2 23. Bull Shark 2 **4. Great White 38** 24. Hammerhead 6 25. Mako 1 26. tiger shark 3 27. Cockroach 1 28. Mice 1 29. Raccoon 1 **5. Rat 47** 30. Black Mamba 1 31. Cheetah 1 32. Crocodile 1 33. Hippopotamus 5 34. Hyena 2 **6. Lion 39** 35. Tiger 1 36. Doberman 1 37. Pit Bull 45 38. Rottweiler 4 39. Lyme Disease 3 **8. Malaria 44** 40. Pass 1 41. rocky mountain spotted tick fever 1 42. West Nile 1 43. Anaconda 3 **9. Boa Constrictor 42** 44. Python 5 45. asp/cobra 19 46. Copperhead 1 **10. Rattlesnake 29** 47. Sea Snake 1 (blank) Grand Total 500 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/79 "2008-06-09T21:34:59Z")
Damn you rattlesnake! If not for rattlesnake I would have had all #1’s. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314/80 "2008-06-09T21:37:32Z")
An unprecedented high scoring game! We have a three way tie for first, followed by an extremely close 4-way tie for second place (ok, fourth place. 😉 ) Congratulations for our winners, **Zebra, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and winterhawk11**!!! Wow! :: flings confetti :: Thanks for playing, folks! That was a good one, **Freudian Slit**. 😃 \*\*1. Zebra 716.00 1. Eleanor of Aquitaine 716.00 2. winterhawk11 716.00\*\* 3. Dolores Reborn 708.00 4. peekercpa 708.00 5. IvoryTowerDenizen 708.00 6. Wallflower 708.00 7. Justin\_Bailey 696.00 8. KayElCee 686.00 9. brujaja 680.00 10. 3acresandatruck 662.00 11. Purgatory Creek 654.00 12. sandra\_nz 652.00 13. fusoya 650.00 14. brownie55 650.00 15. 42fish 650.00 16. Ace309 648.00 17. delphica 644.00 18. Gangster Octopus 642.00 19. want2know 634.00 20. freekalette 634.00 21. Miller 634.00 22. garygnu 632.00 23. Mullinator 626.00 24. chaoticbear 622.00 25. Biffy the Elephant Shrew 620.00 26. Hal Briston 620.00 27. WVmom 618.00 28. Avarie537 614.00 29. Sternvogel 602.00 30. tarragon918 598.00 31. twickster 580.00 32. OtakuLoki 558.00 33. Beadalin 552.00 34. Aholibah 548.00 35. Oredigger77 540.00 36. pravnik 534.00 37. Maus Magill 534.00 38. mshar253 534.00 39. Little Nemo 510.00 40. gonzomax 492.00 41. El\_Kabong 476.00 42. Scarlett67 466.00 43. wheresgeorge04 464.00 44. swampbear 462.00 45. Enginerd 440.00 46. Freudian Slit 414.00 47. Amp 400.00 48. picker 382.00 49. Jophiel 254.00 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-animals-feud-closed/452314.md?page=5)