Posted 22 January 2005 - 04:04 PM
Water creatures. Primarily, sharks. Sharks have been here since before the dinosaurs, and with the laws of natural selection in play, that should tell you something.
The only problem is terrain. They can't go on land, and most others can't come in the water. Assuming a hypothetical terrain favorable to both, where both fish and land animals could breathe (no, such a terrain does not actually exist), sharks would dominate. They are the most relentless creatures on the planet, they never sleep, and they eat everything. They have extremely tough skin so most of the poison insects probably couldn't get their poison into them before being devoured. Rows and rows of some of the most powerful teeth in the animal kingdom, and very powerful jaws. (The crocodile has more powerful jaw-closing muscles, but weak jaw-opening muscles. Sharks are more well-rounded. ) Unlike dolphins, which some believe originally evolved as land mammals, sharks were made right the first time, and have never needed to change once over the years. They'd win the battle for themselves and all the other water creatures, hands down.
Cspace - "Eagles may soar but turkeys don't get sucked into jet engines" says:
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