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  1. November 18, 2009, 06:12 AM #1
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    Default Worst place to live in the world...

    Bangladesh, in my opinion. For obvious reasons, of course.
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    Both male and female walruses have tusks and have been observed using these overgrown teeth to help pull themselves out of the water.

    The mustached and long-tusked walrus is most often found near the Arctic Circle, lying on the ice with hundreds of companions. These marine mammals are extremely sociable, prone to loudly bellowing and snorting at one another, but are aggressive during mating season. With wrinkled brown and pink hides, walruses are distinguished by their long white tusks, grizzly whiskers, flat flipper, and bodies full of blubber.
    Walruses use their iconic long tusks for a variety of reasons, each of which makes their lives in the Arctic a bit easier. They use them to haul their enormous bodies out of frigid waters, thus their "tooth-walking" label, and to break breathing holes into ice from below. Their tusks, which are found on both males and females, can extend to about three feet (one meter), and are, in fact, large canine teeth, which grow throughout their lives. Male walruses, or bulls, also employ their tusks aggressively to maintain territory and, during mating season, to protect their harems of females, or cows.
    The walrus' other characteristic features are equally useful. As their favorite meals, particularly shellfish, are found near the dark ocean floor, walruses use their extremely sensitive whiskers, called mustacial vibrissae, as detection devices. Their blubbery bodies allow them to live comfortably in the Arctic region—walruses are capable of slowing their heartbeats in order to withstand the polar temperatures of the surrounding waters.
    The two subspecies of walrus are divided geographically. Atlantic walruses inhabit coastal areas from northeastern Canada to Greenland, while Pacific walruses inhabit the northern seas off Russia and Alaska, migrating seasonally from their southern range in the Bering Sea—where they are found on the pack ice in winter—to the Chukchi Sea. Female Pacific walruses give birth to calves during the spring migration north.
    Only Native Americans are currently allowed to hunt walruses, as the species' survival was threatened by past overhunting. Their tusks, oil, skin, and meat were so sought after in the 18th and 19th centuries that the walrus was hunted to extinction in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and around Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia.
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  2. November 18, 2009, 07:07 AM #2
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    Default Re: Worst place to live in the world...

    I'd say...Somalia...for even more obvious reasons I dare say...

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  3. November 18, 2009, 09:34 AM #3
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    Default Re: Worst place to live in the world...

    if you change this to continent: Africa

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    or maybe Iran as a non-extremist muslim or Israel as palestinian
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  4. November 18, 2009, 10:21 AM #4
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    Antarctica


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  5. November 18, 2009, 11:54 AM #5
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    Worst place to live in the world...

    is obviously the place that there is a war going on.
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  6. November 18, 2009, 11:58 AM #6
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  7. November 18, 2009, 12:43 PM #7
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    Default Re: Worst place to live in the world...

    Afghanistan or Somalia
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  8. November 18, 2009, 02:03 PM #8
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    Siberia, or Kamchkata



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  9. November 18, 2009, 03:44 PM #9
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    Siberia. Cold. I can take a war, but cold...
    A new mobile phone tower went up in a town in the USA, and the local newspaper asked a number of people what they thought of it. Some said they noticed their cellphone reception was better. Some said they noticed the tower was affecting their health.

    A local administrator was asked to comment. He nodded sagely, and said simply: "Wow. And think about how much more pronounced these effects will be once the tower is actually operational."
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  10. November 18, 2009, 03:51 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Copperknickers View Post
    Siberia. Cold. I can take a war, but cold...
    cold is fun!

    well... not very cold, but cosy cold
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  11. November 18, 2009, 03:55 PM #11
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    Default Re: Worst place to live in the world...

    Bangladesh is far off better than alot of countries in this world.
    For me it'd be either Sudan or Somalia.

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  12. November 18, 2009, 03:56 PM #12
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    Luxemburg
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  13. November 18, 2009, 04:02 PM #13
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    Bangladesh? Are you serious? Nepals far worse, or may I say some parts of India. Alot of countries are full of poverty and places like that in the region close to India. But I say that its Somalia.
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  14. November 18, 2009, 04:03 PM #14
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    Default Re: Worst place to live in the world...

    Oh noz the Bengali boy is here

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  15. November 18, 2009, 04:11 PM #15
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    Oh noz the Bengali boy is here
    Dude, Im not Benagali. I lied to you. Im only 90% Bengali
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    Default Re: Worst place to live in the world...

    He's not Bengali at all, he's Bangladeshi.

    Bangladesh may not be the worst place to live in the world yet, but it will soon be underwater.
    A new mobile phone tower went up in a town in the USA, and the local newspaper asked a number of people what they thought of it. Some said they noticed their cellphone reception was better. Some said they noticed the tower was affecting their health.

    A local administrator was asked to comment. He nodded sagely, and said simply: "Wow. And think about how much more pronounced these effects will be once the tower is actually operational."
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  17. November 18, 2009, 04:33 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by Copperknickers View Post
    He's not Bengali at all, he's Bangladeshi.

    Bangladesh may not be the worst place to live in the world yet, but it will soon be underwater.
    Underwater? By what means?
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  18. November 18, 2009, 04:37 PM #18
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    Last edited by Copperknickers II; November 18, 2009 at 04:41 PM.
    A new mobile phone tower went up in a town in the USA, and the local newspaper asked a number of people what they thought of it. Some said they noticed their cellphone reception was better. Some said they noticed the tower was affecting their health.

    A local administrator was asked to comment. He nodded sagely, and said simply: "Wow. And think about how much more pronounced these effects will be once the tower is actually operational."
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  19. November 18, 2009, 04:58 PM #19
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    LOL bangladesh? are you kidding me? Bangladesh is actually doing quite well in a lot of aspects, even though it still lags behind Pakistan and India in most others.

    But yeah, afghanistan or somalia.
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  20. November 18, 2009, 07:46 PM #20
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    Obviously Tucson, Arizona. (for 1st world countries at least)

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