# Which animals are evil, which animals are good? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230 "2005-06-14T16:13:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/1 "2005-06-14T16:13:27Z")
Everyone knows that some kinds of animals are evil, while other kinds of animals are good. For instance, mice are good, but rats are evil. All mice. All rats. No exceptions. EVIL: Weasels Crows Rats Jackals Hyeanas Squid Bats Sharks Cockroaches Spiders Rattlesnakes Scorpions GOOD: Mice Ladybugs Butterflies Squirrels Horses Songbirds Seahorses Pandas Koalas Dolphins What other kinds of animals are always evil or always good? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/2 "2005-06-14T16:18:10Z")
Cats are always good in my humble opinion, but they definitely have great potential for evil. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/3 "2005-06-14T16:20:19Z")
How could you forget mosquitoes? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/4 "2005-06-14T16:37:24Z")
Evil - Wolves, Ravens, Pythons, Vipers, Tigers, Octopuses, Coyotes, Eels Good - Goats, Elephants, Dogs (except for German Shephards and Pit Bulls), Lions, Owls, Whales, Bears (except Grizzlys), Rabbits, Roadrunners, Pigs (except Wild Boars), Sheep ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/5 "2005-06-14T16:38:17Z")
Hey, don’t knock Chameleons or Giraffes. And King Snakes must be good, too, they eat Rattle Snakes. Oh, and Anteaters a good too. As much as I admire them, Wolverines must go down as evil. They soil what is left of their kill so nothing else will eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/6 "2005-06-14T16:51:04Z")
Evil: Geese (chasing, hissing, hateful birds) Earwigs (butt pincers. 'nuff said) Raccoons (liked them up until one scared me and made me shriek like a schoolgirl) Herons (One tried to poke my face off from inside a cage at a vet clinic I worked at. Hey, I just fed you!) Good: Cats (Best. Attitude. Ever.) Ferrets (Well dispositioned, if a little bitey) Dogs (All around best pet. Except Pomeranians, which are 100% evil from concentrate) ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/7 "2005-06-14T16:59:48Z")
If you read H.P.Lovecraft you’ll learn that Dolphins are most definately Evil, they must have the best spin doctors to come up with Flipper the TV series. Wolves have been considered Evil for the longest time. And the good/evil dicotomy between Sheep and Goats is in the Bible. Eels are evil in my book. The Giant Manta Ray was also known as the Devil Fish, though it is a peaceful pleasant creature. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/8 "2005-06-14T17:01:43Z")
Everytime people talk about evil animals they forget about hippos. They may seem lazy and docile, but they are in fact evil little tubs of lard that attack peoples boats and are hard to see in the mud. They often attack without being provoked and can run really fast for short periods of time. I’ll second geese, they can actually pinch off a grown mans finger if they try hard enough. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/9 "2005-06-14T17:05:00Z")
It’s simple: all animals that wear black hats are evil, all animals that wear white hats are good. I thought you people knew this stuff! :dubious: 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/10 "2005-06-14T17:16:39Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > It’s simple: all animals that wear black hats are evil, all animals that wear white hats are good. What about bald eagles then? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/11 "2005-06-14T17:21:29Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > What about bald eagles then? Well, they’re a problem. They’re either Rampaging Native Americans (if this film was shot in the 30s-60’s), or Noble & Ecologically-Sensitive Native Americans (if the movie was shot in the 70’s \< ). Or, it’s a Rogaine commercial. I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/12 "2005-06-14T17:21:39Z")
SPIDERS!!! WTF DID YOU NEVER READ “charlotes Web”??? that and Ravens are only evil in the European context, Some Native Americans kinda consider Raven to be the creator… wolves…man Mogli was RAISED BY WOLVES!!! but Squirrels are definitly evil. ---
**Author:** ![Fringe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5a626/32.png) [@Fringe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fringe)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/13 "2005-06-14T17:21:43Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > GOOD: > Mice > **Ladybugs** > Butterflies > Squirrels > Horses > Songbirds > Seahorses > Pandas > Koalas > Dolphins Ladybugs are good? **Ladybugs**?! I have never crossed a creature that was more annoying and diabolical than ladybugs. My parents home has a long history of being infested by ladybugs during the winter months. The fly around everywhere, constantly tapping on light sources, making the most annoying sound. They would often land **in** my bed, and I’d find crushed up ladybugs on my sheets. They stink, they infest, and they are near impossible to effectively control. Many times have I been sitting innocently in my old room, only to have a ladybug decide that my face would be a good place to land. Make no mistake, ladybugs are awful creatures out to endeavor in evil at any time. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/14 "2005-06-14T17:25:04Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Cats are always good in my humble opinion, but they definitely have great potential for evil. Cats are definitely evil. That’s why I love them! (I’ve had cats as pets for most of my life). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/15 "2005-06-14T17:31:07Z")
Beavers are evil. I don’t know how they became Canada’s National Animal, the big, fat, tail-slapping rodenty bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/16 "2005-06-14T17:32:45Z")
Oh, I forgot gophers, who are actually evil, but they don’t know it, because they’re also quite stupid. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/17 "2005-06-14T17:34:13Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > but Squirrels are definitly evil. In my old neighborhood the squirrels would stand around street corners, wearing leather jackets and smoking. More than once I would overhear one say “Hey Eddie, I tink dat’s da guy what took your nuts.” I would just throw money at them and then run away as they chuckled. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/18 "2005-06-14T18:24:35Z")
Anyone who puts goats on the good list has never looked one in the eye. Goats are totally evil, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/19 "2005-06-14T18:27:40Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > In my old neighborhood the squirrels would stand around street corners, wearing leather jackets and smoking. More than once I would overhear one say “Hey Eddie, I tink dat’s da guy what took your nuts.” I would just throw money at them and then run away as they chuckled. \WELL! I _hope_ you’ve learned to keep your hands off other peoples’ nuts! Or, at least to wash your hands afterwards!\ ---
**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:** [June 14, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230/20 "2005-06-14T18:30:38Z")
The reasons I said goats is because of Billy Goat Gruff. But now that you mention it, the goat is the animal version of Satan. :smack: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-are-evil-which-animals-are-good/308230.md?page=2)