What is strong as metal, yet soft as a petal, and brings life to some, but death to others?

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What is strong as metal, yet soft as a petal, and brings life to some, but death to others?
god/mother nature
Reply:Mercury.





Mercury also describes what women look for in men.





Strong with a soft side, gives us motherhood, and kills the need to have to look for other men :) lol
Reply:It's a spiderweb. A spider's web is insanely strong more so than one would imagine....it is also soft as a petal....brings life to the spider in the web and death to the insects that the spider lives off of.
Reply:a woman?
Reply:Breath-- Your breath can be strong, and soft enough to whisper in a loved ones ear, then bring life thru mouth to mouth resuscitation and then if you don't take breaths, you'll die.
Reply:i guess a spider web or love
Reply:MERCURY! It IS metal, but it's liquid. It can bring life, but it can also kill.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(el...





"Mercury, also called quicksilver, is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Hg (Latinized Greek: hydrargyrum, meaning watery or liquid silver) and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery transition metal, mercury is one of five elements that are liquid at or near standard room temperature (the others are the metals caesium, francium, and gallium, and the nonmetal bromine). Mercury is used in thermometers, barometers and other scientific apparatus, although the use of mercury in thermometers has been largely phased out in clinical and scientific environments (in favor of alcohol-filled, digital or thermistor-based replacements) due to concerns about the element's toxicity. Mercury is still used in dental amalgam. Mercury is mostly obtained by reduction from the mineral cinnabar. Mercury, like lead, is a neurotoxin, and elevated blood mercury levels have led to retardation and deformities in children."
Reply:metal
Reply:water .
Reply:water?

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