Animal order

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by lionrampant, May 11, 2006.

  1. lionrampant

    lionrampant Specialist

    Can anyone figure out a correct logical order for these words?:

    Horse, chicken, starfish, whale, cockroach
     
  2. Novice

    Novice MajorGeek

    A cockroach is an insect, not an animal.;)
     
  3. Phantom

    Phantom Brigadier Britches

    Well, it could be logically ordered in many ways, including:- Chicken; whale; horse, starfish, cockroach.
    (1;2;3;4;5;6; appendages, respectively. (The whale's tail is insluded as an appendage))
     
  4. Just Playin

    Just Playin MajorGeek

    Insects are animals. Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Arthopoda; Class: Insecta;

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

    By size:
    cockroach, starfish, chicken, horse, whale
     
  5. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan


    In that case, a chicken has 5 appendages. 2 feet, 2 wings, and a tail.

    A whale has 3. Horse 5, Starfish 4-8 depending on species?, and a cockroach 10 (2 wings, 6 legs, and 2 antennae). :)
     
  6. laurieB

    laurieB MajorGeek

    i think its LEGS, so whale, chicken, horse, starfish, cockroach.
     
  7. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    But some starfish, like the crown of thorns, have heaps of legs.

    A roach only has 6.
     
  8. Lev

    Lev MajorGeek

    Alphabetical; by size; ability to perform tricks; most popular human fodder etc etc
     
  9. laurieB

    laurieB MajorGeek


    i think that we are all thinking too much. the simplest answer is probably the correst one. therefor size or legs would be most appropriate.
     
  10. MrPewty

    MrPewty MajorGeek

    By how they go with chips and a dollop of HP sauce.

    Chicken, horse, whale, starfish, cockroach.
     
  11. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    @laurieB, problem is there is no simple answer.

    The post isn't specific enough, and there could be more than one "logical" order.


    @MrPewty, if you think roaches go well with chips and HP sauce, then you're more than welcome to come over for dinner at my place, I've got plenty. :D
     
  12. MrPewty

    MrPewty MajorGeek

    No, they're last, see...:D
     
  13. lionrampant

    lionrampant Specialist



    I hadn't really considered the gustatory aspects of this problem. Hmm. Finer establishments normally don't put cockroach on the menu, at least not intentionally.
     
  14. MrPewty

    MrPewty MajorGeek

    That's why they're last. They had to come somewhere...
     
  15. Lev

    Lev MajorGeek

    Actually, if you're a Fear Factor fan, they come first!
     
  16. Phantom

    Phantom Brigadier Britches


    Well, that was my thinking. I was also thinking the whale's tail, is modified legs of a sort.

    Yeah, I know some starfish have more than five limbs (Crown of Thorns has 16 on the various species I know of), but given the non-specific question, one assumed just the classic kind. Some cockroach species don't have wings, either, if one wants to be picky.

    Like we said, there are many so-called 'correct' logical answers for such a non-specific question.

    I suppose the ‘fun’ is in the variety of answers.
     
  17. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    Lionrampant, you replied to this thread, but ignored the more important G Mail invite thread?

    What's the story?
     
  18. lionrampant

    lionrampant Specialist

    Sorry, I never got the invite. Someone else sent me one.
     
  19. Insomniac

    Insomniac Billy Ray Cyrus #1 Fan

    I sent you an invite after you PM'd me with your correct email details.

    Check your spam box. Anyway, doesn't matter now if you got one......
     
  20. lionrampant

    lionrampant Specialist

    I remember now. Thanks anyway.
     

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