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What is a mosquito

Animal
6
23%
Mineral
0
No votes
Vegetable
2
8%
WW2 Bomber
12
46%
I like Jello
6
23%
 
Total votes : 26

Posted by PitYak Studios on 10 Feb 2011, 20:32

My favourtie passtime of the moment is correcting people on the internet. This dick has just proved how much more intelligent than me he is with this gem;

"The mosquito isnt an animal"

so wtf is it? a vegetable?
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Posted by Peter on 10 Feb 2011, 21:25

PitYak Studios wrote:My favourtie passtime of the moment is correcting people on the internet. This dick has just proved how much more intelligent than me he is with this gem;

"The mosquito isnt an animal"

so wtf is it? a vegetable?

Sorry Phil, but that person is right :mrgreen: A mosquito is an insect, so it isn't classified as an animal ;-) :

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

Sorry I had to correct you :-D
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Posted by PitYak Studios on 10 Feb 2011, 21:31

i really, really hope you are being ironic

(the page you linked to says Kingdom: Animalia)
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Posted by zzed on 10 Feb 2011, 21:42

o.k., let's vote
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Posted by Paul on 10 Feb 2011, 21:54

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Posted by ColeF on 10 Feb 2011, 22:12

A mosquito is classified as:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Culicomorpha
Superfamily: Culicoidea
Family: Culicidae

It is an insect and an animal. ;-)
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Posted by PitYak Studios on 10 Feb 2011, 22:15

I wondered about that, but i'm pretty sure he wasn't talking about the plane.

ok, then, vote;

is a mosquito

a; animal
b; vegetable
c; mineral


ahah, thanks colef
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Posted by zzed on 10 Feb 2011, 22:36

d; pet
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Posted by Paul on 10 Feb 2011, 22:42

PitYak Studios wrote:I wondered about that, but i'm pretty sure he wasn't talking about the plane.

ok, then, vote;

is a mosquito

a; animal
b; vegetable
c; mineral
d; Plane :mrgreen:


ahah, thanks colef
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Posted by SamSagace on 10 Feb 2011, 23:21

...
a mosquito is:
....
e-a devil's creation! :mrgreen:

(but I vote for "a plane": I prefer it should be a plane rather than an insect! :angry2: )

:lol:
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Posted by PitYak Studios on 10 Feb 2011, 23:48

Paul wrote:I wondered about that, but i'm pretty sure he wasn't talking about the plane.

ok, then, vote;

is a mosquito

a; animal
b; vegetable
c; mineral
d; Plane :mrgreen:


ahah, thanks colef


(d) is redundant, planes are mineral. Unless you have some sort of vegetable plane over there
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Posted by zzed on 11 Feb 2011, 00:34

just found this; evidently a mosquito's pilot

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Posted by bilsonius on 11 Feb 2011, 01:57

"Did you know... that the whale is not really a fish? It's an insect. And it lives on bananas." E.L.Wisty
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Posted by ModernKiwi on 11 Feb 2011, 03:40

I like Jello. It wobbles in a most entertaining manner.
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Posted by musketier on 11 Feb 2011, 05:47

I like Jello too, strawberry or orange, Lime not so much but it is Jello as for Mosquitos they are pesty animals that I am at a loss to understand why they are here.
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Posted by Alois Nebel on 11 Feb 2011, 06:31

Mosquito? It´s our governance :-D The only difference is that they suck money from us, instead of blood :-D

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Posted by Paul on 11 Feb 2011, 06:48

I for jello as well...it can be formed into lot's of fun things--WWII bombers for instance.
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Posted by Maurice on 11 Feb 2011, 08:16

The Mosquito is a shoe from Nike ;)
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Posted by Susofrick on 11 Feb 2011, 11:54

Can't stand mosquitos, but there are things that eats mosquitos. But why does ticks exist? :angry3: Noone eats them :angry2: , they're just sucking blood :nono: , pretty obnoxious to kill. :angry3: Are they the crown of creation? :? Jello? No thanks, I'm too sweet as I am. 8)
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Posted by Maurice on 11 Feb 2011, 12:01

Susofrick wrote:Why does ticks exist? :angry3: Noone eats them :angry2: , they're just sucking blood :nono: , pretty obnoxious to kill. :angry3: Are they the crown of creation? :?

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