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Animals kill "for fun" too. Not just cats (example: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-04-30/wolf-attack-kills-more-than-40-sheep-in-germany https:
by ItsMe000001 8y ago
Animals kill "for fun" too. Not just cats (example: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-04-30/wolf-attack-kills-more-than-40-sheep-in-germany https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-04-30/wolf-a... -- note: that was a single wolf, not a pack; and do you know what happens when a marten finds its way into the chicken coop? Chicken genocide).
- zjaffee 8y agoDo other animals go to war, commit genocide, or in the context of our relationship with other animals, do anything similar to factory farming.
- n4r9 8y agoYep, if they have sufficient intelligence and social organisation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War
- King-Aaron 8y agoSome ants "farm" aphids: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071009212548.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071009212548.h...
- fifnir 8y agoAnts also have wars: https://www.quora.com/Do-ants-ever-go-to-war https://www.quora.com/Do-ants-ever-go-to-war https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160130-animals-insects-ants-war-chimpanzees-science/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160130-animals-i...
- girvo 8y agoAnt wars and ant/termite wars are fascinating to witness.
- King-Aaron 8y agoThis discussion reminds me of the Tsavo Man-Eaters - a pair of lions that decided to focus mainly on hunting humans for food. Although there were possible health factors that drove these lions to preying on humans, I find it an interesting aside to this conversation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsavo_Man-Eaters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsavo_Man-Eaters