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Offline Darth Zakryn

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Killing animals?
« on: January 22, 2011, 09:54:27 AM »

Ok, one thing that has always bothered me about K.A.'s depiction of predators' minds is how they WANT to kill and would prefer killing to eat rather than just eating anything that comes along. That makes NO sense. No animal is going to refuse a free meal if they see it, "predator instincts" be damned.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?
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Re: Killing animals?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2011, 10:27:10 AM »
Some animals don't want to eat dead flesh, they prefer to hunt and kill their food. It's in their instinct...
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Re: Killing animals?
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2011, 10:47:35 AM »
Have you ever owned cats, Zakryn?
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Re: Killing animals?
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2011, 10:53:11 AM »

Domestic cats that live in the house and don't go outside.
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Re: Killing animals?
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2011, 11:33:54 AM »
We had domestic cats. I also had mice.

Need I go any further?
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Re: Killing animals?
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2011, 12:20:43 PM »
Same here, though I've had outdoor cats. We were way more likely to find a barely gnawed-on mouse corpse than the scraps of a mouse well-eaten.
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Re: Killing animals?
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2011, 03:44:24 PM »
Sure if you're a herbivore or scavanger, but predators naturally have the instinct to hunt down their food.
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Re: Killing animals?
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2011, 06:41:15 PM »
Most of the outdoor cats I've owned prefered to kill their own prey.
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Re: Killing animals?
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2011, 02:36:41 PM »
     If I'm not mistaken, cats play with their prey before killing them.
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Re: Killing animals?
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2011, 03:16:20 PM »
Quote from: Dameg on January 22, 2011, 10:27:10 AM
Some animals don't want to eat dead flesh, they prefer to hunt and kill their food. It's in their instinct...

indeed, i know from experience that hawks and eagles will pass up roadkill that they themselves have not created for the vultures.

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Re: Killing animals?
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2011, 03:40:57 PM »
Quote from: TobiasMasonPark on January 23, 2011, 02:36:41 PM
     If I'm not mistaken, cats play with their prey before killing them.

I once interfered with a cat that was toying with a chipmunk. I was trying to "save" the chipmunk, but the death glare that cat gave me will haunt me for the rest of my life.
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Re: Killing animals?
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2011, 03:52:54 PM »
Quote from: NateSean on January 23, 2011, 03:40:57 PM
Quote from: TobiasMasonPark on January 23, 2011, 02:36:41 PM
     If I'm not mistaken, cats play with their prey before killing them.

I once interfered with a cat that was toying with a chipmunk. I was trying to "save" the chipmunk, but the death glare that cat gave me will haunt me for the rest of my life.

     I'm actually terrified of cats! All kinds--street cats, house cats, you name it! There's something about them that I find off putting; maybe the way they arch their backs and hiss at anything they find threatening. Everytime I see a cat, I cringe.
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Re: Killing animals?
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2011, 04:02:35 PM »
You wouldn't be half-mummy would you? Because mummies hate cats.
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Re: Killing animals?
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2011, 04:10:01 PM »
Cats are evil. My friend owns a cat and every time I sleep over, I'll wake up in the middle of the night with him staring at me--because he wants to EAT ME!!! Cats are not animals, they are the spawns of Satan!

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Re: Killing animals?
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2011, 04:23:03 PM »
Dolphins - which have a connotation of cute, harmless animals - are also known to kill/toy with prey but not eat it.
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