# What animals would be more dangerous if enlarged? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 22, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-would-be-more-dangerous-if-enlarged/983050 "2023-04-22T12:51:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-would-be-more-dangerous-if-enlarged/983050/10 "2023-04-22T15:10:08Z")
We can certainly talk about something that might be what the OP really meant, or at least is adjacent to it. Specifically: > Gram for gram or kilo for kilo, what critters have the highest fierceness to weight ratio? Over the years we’ve done that question to death (heh 😉 ). Of course for comic relief there’s also this opposite-side thread I started ~13 years ago: > [@The Wimpiest Predator???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wimpiest-predator/600108): > > Amongst land animals you could make a good argument that the tiger is the fiercest predator. Able to kill almost anything, and with the disposition to act on it. Or maybe it’s the polar bear. Or the grizzly. etc. In the sea I’d bet it’s the orca or the great white shark. Among the birds probably one of the big raptors. So far, so ordinary. Everybody has a decent idea which critters are the top contenders for predatory ferocity. I’m looking for the opposite. The carnivore who’s \*least \*… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-would-be-more-dangerous-if-enlarged/983050)._