# Which species wins at the Animalympics?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 2, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-species-wins-at-the-animalympics/630149 "2012-08-02T05:23:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-species-wins-at-the-animalympics/630149/41 "2012-08-04T23:24:32Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Not a chance.

They are pretty quick if they’re allowed to knuckle run around the court. But their coordination with a racket is questionable. If a deficiency there could be overcome through training they’d be in good shape. Endurance might be an issue too.

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**Author:** ![yams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/848f3c/32.png) [@yams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yams)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-species-wins-at-the-animalympics/630149/42 "2012-08-04T23:54:04Z")

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Results from the last several stagings of the [Jungle Olympics](http://books.google.com/books?id=G5gEqK30jAcC&pg=PA117&lpg=PA117&dq=at+last+year%27s+jungle+olympics,+the+ants+were+completely+outclassed&source=bl&ots=EC0YmnXsKy&sig=41APaXMui-UnpAp9cJKJTqTRO34&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cLUdUJznMYT-9QSGpIHQAQ&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=at%20last%20year%27s%20jungle%20olympics%2C%20the%20ants%20were%20completely%20outclassed&f=false) (ignore that calypso business right at the beginning).

love  
yams!!

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