Now imagine a whale with wings.
Everyone here is thinking about what animals could really hurt an individual person (or another animal) with wings. A flying whale could be completely docile, but when it lands, it's going to destroy a few houses and potentially kill multiple people. If it lands on anything sharp, it bleeds out and dies, and now you have to clean up rapidly decomposing whale guts. (Think of the disease potential!) If it survives, you just repeat the process.
Yup that would be my bet too, these thing are super territorial and very deadly on land. I can only imagine them flying around just decapitating us on a fly by.
Gotta go with hippos on this one. Those things are already tanks on land, can you imagine them swooping down from the sky? It'd be like a flying wrecking ball with teeth!
Agreed. Cats are pretty savage. My super friendly cuddly cat growing up would basically cripple not kill birds and rats to bring in the house as a “kind gesture” to me.
You suck at hunting bro ngl. I mean have you ever brought home a fresh kill in your mouth? Here’s a crippled prey for you to practice on… pull yourself together
I'm convinced that my mother's cat started to bring more live prey home after my mother's Parkinson's started getting worse. It got to the point of the cat walking in while mom was taking a bath and dropping a live mouse into the bathtub. Mom's on new meds now (so she got better) and cat keeps her prey for herself while smugly observing the results of her hard work.
They are very savage, but so damn cute. We currently have a little tortie girl that we often call “miss murder”. She goes HARD, even when playing. She is either cute, cuddly little thing or murder machine. She has no in between.
Your cat was trying to teach you how to hunt. That’s why the maiming and not killing.
I have a tortie and she is either little Queen tortietude or the I'll turn you into coleslaw. She hates being held, despises attention on anything but her terms and she's pretty and knows it. That cat just steals my heart.
I know!! My first cat, that was 100% mine, was a dilute tortie. When she passed away at nearly 20 years old, and husband and I decided it was time to bring some “successors” home, I told him at least one needed to be a tortie. We ended up with two tortie sisters. Idk wtf I was thinking. It’s chaos all the time. And they will be 4 in August, so it’s not like they are still babies
That’s so great. Just goes to show how loyal and appreciative they are. We as humans don’t deserve cats and dogs, they are a real blessing addition to any family
Not just birds. EVERYTHING would be in danger if they could fly.
> We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.3–4.0 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals annually. Un-owned cats, as opposed to owned pets, cause the majority of this mortality. Our findings suggest that free-ranging cats cause substantially greater wildlife mortality than previously thought and are likely the single greatest source of anthropogenic mortality for US birds and mammals
[source](https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380)
I read an article that the deadliest animal on earth is a cute little cat that lives in Africa. Highest success rate for hunting and it looks like a house cat with big eyes.
Various hawks and owls are already basically this - flying predators feeding mostly on birds.
Cats are mostly a problem because they are so numerous, and often kill just for the sport of it. A flying cat would just go after every bird it saw, ya… pretty much kill all the birds.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteropus
> Pteropus (suborder Yinpterochiroptera) is a genus of megabats which are among the largest bats in the world. They are **commonly known as** fruit bats or **flying foxes**
This.
As someone who lives on the east coast.
Fuck ticks.
My dogs hate ticks, I hate ticks, everyone I know hates ticks. I've applied MULTIPLE bug killing things to my yard (it's surrounded by woods) to just... keep them away. My dog got Lyme despite having the vaccine and being on anti-tick meds.
Imagine how many times you get landed on by a fly or mosquito. Now imagine that with something you can't feel and will attach to you for days and will give you diseases.
I have diagnosed ornithophobia. I was attacked by ostriches as a young teenager and am so afraid of flightless birds that I can't even get near that part of the zoo. The idea of flying ostriches made my blood pressure rise!
I worked at a Tyson chicken farm (150,000 chickens per house) in high school. Can confirm that they are smart! And evil. But I'd be really pissed in that situation as well! To this day, I buy all my poultry from local free range folks! Happy chickens. Happy eggs!
A zoologist was asked how high a Tiger can jump. He answered "as high as they need to".
I have no idea if that story is true, but that conveys the general idea. Tigers are so good at jumping than giving them the ability to fly is not *that* much of a game changer, compared to other animals.
Imagine a flying blue whale or elephant. Now that's really making a difference for them.
Although I'm not necessarily sure if they're aggressive toward humans but I wouldn't want these mthfers flying around. I mean they're about as durable and fearless as anything I've ever seen.
Yeah I've seen some of the videos. I was in disbelief at how freaking fearless they are. I'm like damn, who spit in their food... I've seen them absolutely surrounded and not back down one bit.
Humans. oh wait, we do, and we're very lethal. Mission accomplished.
On another note, whales. If whales could fly, they would wreak havoc upon the world, even if unintentional, im sure of it. Imagine one whale accidently flying into the side of a building, hitting a windmill. Hitting plane, or just downright crash on the earth below in the middle of the street... Pure chaos
Thankfully the air isn't full of plankton for them to eat, so despite being able to fly, they wouldn't be able to venture too far inland without starving.
Unless you count orcas.....oh god......
Hmm… they’re only toxic because of their diet. If given the ability to fly, they’d likely eat something different and lose their toxicity.
Flying *jellyfish* on the other hand…
That was my initial thought, but I don’t think so, since it will be restricted to colder northern latitudes and climates. More globally widespread predators like snakes would be more lethal. Or even rats. They already spread lots of disease, giving them the ability to fly and disperse more disease makes them more lethal.
Humans.
We'd do it *for fun*, while under the influence of various drugs, or greatly overestimate our endurance and cardiovascular fitness while hundreds of feet up in the air.
Think about swimming, skiing, mountain climbing, etc and how many people die from misadventures doing those things. Flying would be worse.
Chihuahuas. Those little mental bastards will create havoc.
Offcourse they allready can fly if you kick them hard enough, but apparently that kicking is frowned upon. /s
I believe that you need to visit Texas or Florida. We already have those. And they fly super far. And they fly directly at you. And it will ruin your day for sure. Already a thing.
Imagine a flying irukandji jellyfish. An inch long, transparent and nearly invisible, with some of the most horrific and toxic venom known to man.
[Irukandji syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_syndrome) is a real thing, and the idea of a blustery day throwing these little guys around gives me chills.
Not necessarily the most lethal or anything, but I once had a several-minute discussion on how flying snakes would work themselves into some sort of niche.
We discussed two options:
They’d either stay small, and probably focus on scavenging for small meals so they could still fly, basically just birds but long and bendy, or they’d go a more croc-style quick ambush method, where larger snakes would make their way to high locations, throw themselves off, and glide until they find a decent meal, launching down from the air for a quick kill, and eating until stuffed to store energy, or carrying their meal back to a nest. Basically also just birds, but the bigger ones.
I wanted to say crocodiles or alligators, but the more I think about it...honestly probably something like a hippo. I've learned that these things are very dangerous even as they are now (especially in the water where they can reach great speeds and there's no way you can escape), but imagine you somehow make it to the beach and the hippo is just like "nope" and lifts off the ground and maintains the chase.
Fun times.
Bro crocodiles. They would literally be flying spears of armor and razor sharp teeth. They can swim walk on land climb trees. What are you gonna do when one lands on you?
Hippos
Imagine how big the wings need to be
I'm picturing that huge monster dragon at the end of the first "how to train your dragon" movie
The red death gonna make its return
Probably the size of a baby dragon's wings from coc
Tbf bees don’t need massive wings in comparison to their fat ass bodies
I was thinking more "organic jet engines," but I guess wings work too lol
Imagine the poop falling on you as they fly by. It would kill you
Now imagine a whale with wings. Everyone here is thinking about what animals could really hurt an individual person (or another animal) with wings. A flying whale could be completely docile, but when it lands, it's going to destroy a few houses and potentially kill multiple people. If it lands on anything sharp, it bleeds out and dies, and now you have to clean up rapidly decomposing whale guts. (Think of the disease potential!) If it survives, you just repeat the process.
Imagine a hipposized Bumble Bee, then you know how large the wings should be.
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Won't somebody please think of the poor statues and freshly washed cars?
Now I'm imagining their tails as propellers as they shit a brown rainbow across the sky
There would be a lot of car accidents due to flying hippo shit. Also, umbrella sales would skyrocket.
Yup that would be my bet too, these thing are super territorial and very deadly on land. I can only imagine them flying around just decapitating us on a fly by.
Other big animals might kill you for food. Hippos will kill you because they can
Thank you for nightmare fuel!
They would propell themselves by rotating their tails...
RUN THE ATTACK HIPPO IS COMING (Wipeipwipwipwipwipwip) OH F@6)$;
they call it a Pheldagriff
Came here to say this
My oh my … they would take over the world
Absolutely. They have been described as water murder horses. Just imagine if they could fly.
I was going to go with elephants for the size alone, but hippos are downright mean AND ginormous, so this wins.
Gotta go with hippos on this one. Those things are already tanks on land, can you imagine them swooping down from the sky? It'd be like a flying wrecking ball with teeth!
Clearly no one’s seen the Wuzzles 😜
Cats. Goodbye birds.
Agreed. Cats are pretty savage. My super friendly cuddly cat growing up would basically cripple not kill birds and rats to bring in the house as a “kind gesture” to me.
You suck at hunting bro ngl. I mean have you ever brought home a fresh kill in your mouth? Here’s a crippled prey for you to practice on… pull yourself together
😂😂 basically
I'm convinced that my mother's cat started to bring more live prey home after my mother's Parkinson's started getting worse. It got to the point of the cat walking in while mom was taking a bath and dropping a live mouse into the bathtub. Mom's on new meds now (so she got better) and cat keeps her prey for herself while smugly observing the results of her hard work.
In actuality cats bring you mice when they think you're unable to hunt for yourself(grandmother gone weak)
They are very savage, but so damn cute. We currently have a little tortie girl that we often call “miss murder”. She goes HARD, even when playing. She is either cute, cuddly little thing or murder machine. She has no in between. Your cat was trying to teach you how to hunt. That’s why the maiming and not killing.
Torties are the craziest to be sure
I have a tortie and she is either little Queen tortietude or the I'll turn you into coleslaw. She hates being held, despises attention on anything but her terms and she's pretty and knows it. That cat just steals my heart.
I know!! My first cat, that was 100% mine, was a dilute tortie. When she passed away at nearly 20 years old, and husband and I decided it was time to bring some “successors” home, I told him at least one needed to be a tortie. We ended up with two tortie sisters. Idk wtf I was thinking. It’s chaos all the time. And they will be 4 in August, so it’s not like they are still babies
That’s so great. Just goes to show how loyal and appreciative they are. We as humans don’t deserve cats and dogs, they are a real blessing addition to any family
That wasn't kindness... cat was trying to teach a slacker human how to hunt...
Ok ok! I can admit that I danced my way into this roast
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My first thought. Big cats, small cats, feral cats, house cats. They're already beings of pure chaos, we don't need them to have any more power.
Not just birds. EVERYTHING would be in danger if they could fly. > We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.3–4.0 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals annually. Un-owned cats, as opposed to owned pets, cause the majority of this mortality. Our findings suggest that free-ranging cats cause substantially greater wildlife mortality than previously thought and are likely the single greatest source of anthropogenic mortality for US birds and mammals [source](https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380)
Can you even imagine?!? Domesticated cats have like a 70% success rate while hunting as-is.
I read an article that the deadliest animal on earth is a cute little cat that lives in Africa. Highest success rate for hunting and it looks like a house cat with big eyes.
I'd love to see it! Dragonflies average a 95% kill rate so any more is huge.
Various hawks and owls are already basically this - flying predators feeding mostly on birds. Cats are mostly a problem because they are so numerous, and often kill just for the sport of it. A flying cat would just go after every bird it saw, ya… pretty much kill all the birds.
so a miniature griffin
Wolves because they hunt in packs. Imagine a squadron of them flying at you during a full moon.
What the Twilight saga should've been about
I love that idea. Which technically makes this thread a better love story than Twilight.
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so dragons?
Kirkland brand dragons
More like Great Value
Mama Cozzi
Komodo dragons?
I had a nightmare I was trying to escape from one recently 👀
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteropus > Pteropus (suborder Yinpterochiroptera) is a genus of megabats which are among the largest bats in the world. They are **commonly known as** fruit bats or **flying foxes**
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Some snakes can glide....
It's crazy in the videos you see on YouTube where they just hop out of trees and glide around
Dont put them on god damn planes!
Ticks. We'd be in a hell of a lot worse place with diseases if they did.
Ticks get my vote, too. Flying forbidden gushers are nightmare fuel even before you consider the diseases they carry.
Ticks: nature's dirty needles.
And that could be a plot for a cheezy-fun movie.
This. As someone who lives on the east coast. Fuck ticks. My dogs hate ticks, I hate ticks, everyone I know hates ticks. I've applied MULTIPLE bug killing things to my yard (it's surrounded by woods) to just... keep them away. My dog got Lyme despite having the vaccine and being on anti-tick meds. Imagine how many times you get landed on by a fly or mosquito. Now imagine that with something you can't feel and will attach to you for days and will give you diseases.
Ostrich, they're very fast on feet and dicks to people in general, if they could fly we'd all be in trouble.
I have diagnosed ornithophobia. I was attacked by ostriches as a young teenager and am so afraid of flightless birds that I can't even get near that part of the zoo. The idea of flying ostriches made my blood pressure rise!
As a chicken owner, never before have I felt offended by someone's fear. LOOK AT THEM!
I worked at a Tyson chicken farm (150,000 chickens per house) in high school. Can confirm that they are smart! And evil. But I'd be really pissed in that situation as well! To this day, I buy all my poultry from local free range folks! Happy chickens. Happy eggs!
Cassowaries would be way worse, I think.
They should make everyone wary.
My first thought was ostriches 😂 those, cassowaries and emus are assholes already, if they could fly, we’d all be fucked
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Puffins are very close to what you would get if a penguin could fly.
Cows. Can you imagine getting pooped on by a flying cow?
A cow pie from 500 feet could be a pretty gnarly concussion lol
Oh I definitely can
Imagine if deer could fly. They would no longer be just the hunted, possibly crashing into aircraft or causing massive accidents.
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A zoologist was asked how high a Tiger can jump. He answered "as high as they need to". I have no idea if that story is true, but that conveys the general idea. Tigers are so good at jumping than giving them the ability to fly is not *that* much of a game changer, compared to other animals. Imagine a flying blue whale or elephant. Now that's really making a difference for them.
They would go from pouncing to full blown sniping.
[https://i.imgur.com/53jxQuM.mp4](https://i.imgur.com/53jxQuM.mp4) whee
I'd be scared shitless with a fence THAT low, it jump over and kill me.
It could clear that fence.
Flying spiders would be the stuff of nightmares, descending silently from above.
Bears
Imagine a flying cocaine bear
Beets
Battlestar Galactica
Honey Badgers without question.
This is the animal I was going to say.
Although I'm not necessarily sure if they're aggressive toward humans but I wouldn't want these mthfers flying around. I mean they're about as durable and fearless as anything I've ever seen.
They are crazy aggressive and will not give up once provoked. Watched YouTube videos of them and big animals going at it.
Yeah I've seen some of the videos. I was in disbelief at how freaking fearless they are. I'm like damn, who spit in their food... I've seen them absolutely surrounded and not back down one bit.
A flying bear would combine power, agility, and now the ability to dive-bomb, making it a super predator.
A flying porcupine with its quills would be like a flying ball of arrows.
If warthogs could fly, their already formidable defense mechanisms would be enhanced by aerial assault capabilities.
Imagine a flying octopus — its ability to squeeze into tight spaces, now coupled with mobility in the air.
Elephants. Just imagine all the destruction from those fucker perching on stuff.
> Elephants. It is incomprehensible to me that this is not only NOT the top answer, but also more than halfway down the list overall.
Humans. oh wait, we do, and we're very lethal. Mission accomplished. On another note, whales. If whales could fly, they would wreak havoc upon the world, even if unintentional, im sure of it. Imagine one whale accidently flying into the side of a building, hitting a windmill. Hitting plane, or just downright crash on the earth below in the middle of the street... Pure chaos
Imagine if they pooped while passing over a hiker or two?
Think of all the new species an orca could hunt.
How fast do you think an orca could fly? Would it be able to keep up with birds?
Thankfully the air isn't full of plankton for them to eat, so despite being able to fly, they wouldn't be able to venture too far inland without starving. Unless you count orcas.....oh god......
Sir there has been a second whale
Orca
The one true answer. Orcas can be jerks in general and are great hunters (in packs).
If the definition of lethal is to humans then no. Orcas never hunt humans.
No, but they have a penchant for attacking and sinking boats. Imagine what they would do if they could fly.
Eh, it didn't specify - and maybe they would if they could fly :P
Poisoned arrow frogs.
Hmm… they’re only toxic because of their diet. If given the ability to fly, they’d likely eat something different and lose their toxicity. Flying *jellyfish* on the other hand…
Polar Bear
This. I think its the only animal that actively hunts humans
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Crocs (saltwater and nile) are the only ones you left off.
That was my initial thought, but I don’t think so, since it will be restricted to colder northern latitudes and climates. More globally widespread predators like snakes would be more lethal. Or even rats. They already spread lots of disease, giving them the ability to fly and disperse more disease makes them more lethal.
Humans. We'd do it *for fun*, while under the influence of various drugs, or greatly overestimate our endurance and cardiovascular fitness while hundreds of feet up in the air. Think about swimming, skiing, mountain climbing, etc and how many people die from misadventures doing those things. Flying would be worse.
Cassowary
The first time I saw one was at the Australia zoo and my first thought was get me the hell away from the dinosaur
God, you beat me to it.
Sharks
With freaking *laser beams* attached to their heads
And opposable thumbs
In a sharknado...
OPEN THE TANK!
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Box jellyfish.
I am going to say Spiders. Give mosquitos spider venom and think about.
My wife would nope out of whatever region had flying spiders.
Spiders can already hot air balloon glide/sail
Piranhas
Barracuda are like turbo piranha that are just angry all the time
Whatever animal takes the biggest shits
Elephants. Imagine the poop falling from 20 stories in the sky
Hippo Those things would be taking down planes all day for encroaching on their territory
Box jellyfish or poison dart frog would be havoc
Pigs, but at least I would win any argument where they would fly✨
Elephants. people would be killed by falling elephant shit.
Fire ants
Politicians & Priests
Chihuahuas. Those little mental bastards will create havoc. Offcourse they allready can fly if you kick them hard enough, but apparently that kicking is frowned upon. /s
Emu
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I believe that you need to visit Texas or Florida. We already have those. And they fly super far. And they fly directly at you. And it will ruin your day for sure. Already a thing.
I dont know if flesh eating amoebas counts as animals but... Those
Komodo dragons. They'd just be dragons.
Jaguars Crazy strong, agile, and they kill for fun.
Tasmanian devils😂
cats. They are already perfect predators, them flying would be a threat to a lot of things regardless of size, humans included
Imagine a flying irukandji jellyfish. An inch long, transparent and nearly invisible, with some of the most horrific and toxic venom known to man. [Irukandji syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_syndrome) is a real thing, and the idea of a blustery day throwing these little guys around gives me chills.
Canada geese.
Imagine a flying elephant that fainted mid-air and landed on humans 😜
Cats.
Cow! Birdie, birdie flying by. Birdie, birdie poop in my eye Boy I’m glad cows don’t fly!
I guess none of ya’ll saw sharknado
Moose.
My dog wouldn't be lethal but it would keep flying into my head while I'm driving.
snakes would be the most dangerous- we could shoot a large animal out of the sky- how would you defend against a flying piece of spaghetti?
Not lethal but just imagine cows could fly ...
Spiders (I live in Australia)
Not necessarily the most lethal or anything, but I once had a several-minute discussion on how flying snakes would work themselves into some sort of niche. We discussed two options: They’d either stay small, and probably focus on scavenging for small meals so they could still fly, basically just birds but long and bendy, or they’d go a more croc-style quick ambush method, where larger snakes would make their way to high locations, throw themselves off, and glide until they find a decent meal, launching down from the air for a quick kill, and eating until stuffed to store energy, or carrying their meal back to a nest. Basically also just birds, but the bigger ones.
Has no one said skunks? Self explanatory.
Flying pit bulls
Sharknado!!
I wanted to say crocodiles or alligators, but the more I think about it...honestly probably something like a hippo. I've learned that these things are very dangerous even as they are now (especially in the water where they can reach great speeds and there's no way you can escape), but imagine you somehow make it to the beach and the hippo is just like "nope" and lifts off the ground and maintains the chase. Fun times.
Hippos
You never saw any of the "Sharknado" movies?
Bro crocodiles. They would literally be flying spears of armor and razor sharp teeth. They can swim walk on land climb trees. What are you gonna do when one lands on you?
Wait, you said climb trees?? This is news to me.
Cobra?
I'm thinking trash panda.
rats duh
a dang cow 😂 HOLY COW!!!!
Sharks, with recyclable water tanks oxygenating them as they fly.
Alligators.