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Scotsmen

62 (63.9%)

Aussie

19 (19.6%)

other

16 (16.5%)

Total Members Voted: 97

[ein]

Oh, I completely forgot there's "other" option. Well, in that case, my bid for Bosnians being most badass: we play minesweeper with real mine fields.

These guys must be your national heroes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY8NKj3RKs

That made my day.

Also, pine trees also reproduce that way.
Pinecones won't even open up if they're not sufficiently hot enough.

[Tack]

So we've got red kangaroos, snakes, spiders, crocodiles, and SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTING TREES.

And the scottish have... The english.

[Jackrabbit]

Yeah. The Scottish got badass because they constantly fought with everyone, we got badass because if we didn't constantly fight with every piece of flora and fauna in the entire country, we'd not be here today.

[Aklyon]

They're not Dwarves, they're Elves if Elves were practical.

but there aren't any flame-resistant elves.

So we've got red kangaroos, snakes, spiders, crocodiles, and SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTING TREES.

And the scottish have... The english.

And men strong enough to hurl telephone poles while dealing with bagpipes.

[RAM]

Screw the roos, I wanted to see the 2m tall, man-eating emus.

As terrifying as giant chickens sound(no, seriously, I have heard, like, 3rd-hand stories of chickens hunting snakes.), a roo is perfectly capable of spilling all your favourite stuff.

Lyrebirds are awesome.

And quite rare, I saw one once, it went crashing through a bunch of trees, probably knocked down a couple of dead branches...
 Hmmm, thinking about dangerous trees, there is this vine that seems to suffocate a tree and then live as a hollow replica of it. Doesn't sound like a fun way to go... Not much of a new neighbour either...


As a young child I used to hand-feed fishheads to stingrays, but they are completely harmless so I don't know why it would be relevant...

[Vector]

Lianas?  Those are native to the Amazon rainforest.

...

We may need a new category.

[RAM]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangler_fig
Most of the pictures mention Australia, and the Indian one looks tame...

[Tack]

The Cathedral fig in Cairns is amazing. Someone googlink it or something, I'm too lethargic.

Also, a neighbour of ours owned a lyre bird. Well, not 'owned', because that's illegal. But it nested in their shearing shed and they fed it. I only remember seeing it a few times, but I do remember that it was the world's greatest animal to me, because it could replicate 1000 genuine aussie shearer swearwords. And bleating. And 'NNnnnnnnnyyyaaaawwwww'

[Jackrabbit]

Tadaaaa.

[quinnr]

Australia has Kangaroos and Koalas.
Obviously they win.

China has panda's, but isn't an option :-(

[ein]

China is filed away neatly under "other."
Right between Kansas and Not Badass.

[Heron TSG]

Emus are not giant chickens. There's an Emu farm where I live, and I've seen them peck a dear to death before my own eyes. They run nearly as fast as deer and then beat it to death with their sharp beaks. Also, they killed it while in a swarm.

[Osmosis Jones]

If we are going to include other nationalities, there is an amazonian tribe where the test of manhood is to wear a glove made of stinging ants (which have been individually described as causing the most excruciating pain imaginable) for 10 minutes. If you can't handle it, you are a weak baby, and are shunned until you complete it.

They have to do this, not once, not twice, BUT 20 TIMES before they are manly men.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraponera

[Neruz]

If we are going to include other nationalities, there is an amazonian tribe where the test of manhood is to wear a glove made of stinging ants (which have been individually described as causing the most excruciating pain imaginable) for 10 minutes. If you can't handle it, you are a weak baby, and are shunned until you complete it.

They have to do this, not once, not twice, BUT 20 TIMES before they are manly men.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraponera

That's more a test of mental stability than manliness though

[RAM]

Emus are not giant chickens. There's an Emu farm where I live, and I've seen them peck a dear to death before my own eyes. They run nearly as fast as deer and then beat it to death with their sharp beaks. Also, they killed it while in a swarm.

Giant chickens would do that too...