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What is the most overrated animal?

by YPB Team1 vote

Every animal here has a reputation bigger than its record. The lion lets the lionesses hunt, the koala sleeps twenty hours a day, and the shark is far less dangerous than the films suggest.

  1. Peacock — ranked #11
    Peacock
    All display, very little else.
    1000pts
    DI
  2. Sloth — ranked #22
    Sloth
    An entire personality built on being slow.
    839pts
  3. Koala — ranked #33
    Koala
    Sleeps twenty hours a day and is not a bear.
    732pts
  4. Flamingo — ranked #44
    Flamingo
    Pink because of what it eats, famous for standing still.
    732pts
  5. Bald Eagle — ranked #55
    Bald Eagle
    A national symbol that steals fish from ospreys.
    599pts
  6. Owl — ranked #66
    Owl
    Reputed wise, mainly because of the eyes.
    599pts
  7. Honey Badger — ranked #77
    Honey Badger
    One viral video did most of the work.
    599pts
  8. Giant Panda — ranked #88
    Giant Panda
    An enormous conservation budget for an animal that eats the wrong food.
    0pts
  9. Lion — ranked #99
    Lion
    Called king of the jungle by people who know it lives on grassland, and it lets the females hunt.
    0pts
  10. Tiger — ranked #1010
    Tiger
    Magnificent, solitary, and mostly unsuccessful — the great majority of hunts fail.
    0pts
  11. Dolphin — ranked #1111
    Dolphin
    Beloved, intelligent, and considerably less friendly than the reputation.
    0pts
  12. Wolf — ranked #1212
    Wolf
    More cautious and less mythic than the folklore.
    0pts
  13. Great White Shark — ranked #1313
    Great White Shark
    Statistically far less dangerous than its film career suggests.
    0pts
  14. Penguin — ranked #1414
    Penguin
    Charming on film, unbearable to be near.
    0pts

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Comments

King of the jungle lives on grassland, hunts in a group of up to forty, and shares this list with a fish-thieving eagle: https://youpick.best/articles/lion-vs-tiger-ranked https://youpick.best/articles/the-wolf-ranked-many-ways

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