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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ_3BN0m7S8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ_3BN0m7S8 I would bet this bear actually would have eaten the crow, had that been

by celrod 8y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ_3BN0m7S8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ_3BN0m7S8 I would bet this bear actually would have eaten the crow, had that been its intention. I'd think the leopard taking care of a calf is more likely to think it looks "cute" for similar biological reasons we do, and take care of it for that reason. I would guess that a leopard in particular, if it wanted to store food, would be inclined to save it for later by just caching it (dead) in a tree. I also think "instincts" manifest themselves through emotion / emotion is how we experience instinct. We feel fear, love, etc depending on the situation, and then it's these emotions that drive us to act in the manner we do. Our actions are moderated by language-enhanced reflection, which is were we're really ahead of other animals.

pvaldes 8y ago
The crow hits the bear in the face clearly just before the bear turns away and focus in the easier meal available. The video fades and do not show what happened later but the crow was far from being safe still. Other possibility would be that the bear was just annoyed by the crowing sound so maybe it was not totally an altruistic conduct. Not easy to evaluate because we lack the first and last part of the scene. How the crow ended in the pool? Maybe was trow there by the bear. We don't know. > leopard ... would be inclined to save it for later by just caching it (dead) in a tree. That would be the best way to attract the maximum of flies and predators. Cats are know to play with their preys when satiated keeping them alive as long as possible. It seems that they have a lot of fun with it.
- sergioj97 8y ago
  > Cats are know to play with their preys when satiated keeping them alive as long as possible. When they do, it doesn't look like what the leopard was doing with the calf. They don't "play" in that sense, they just incapacitate the prey so it can't escape and "play" with it until it's dead. Definitely not what the leopard was doing.

by celrod 8y ago

pvaldes 8y ago

The crow hits the bear in the face clearly just before the bear turns away and focus in the easier meal available. The video fades and do not show what happened later but the crow was far from being safe still. Other possibility would be that the bear was just annoyed by the crowing sound so maybe it was not totally an altruistic conduct. Not easy to evaluate because we lack the first and last part of the scene. How the crow ended in the pool? Maybe was trow there by the bear. We don't know. > leopard ... would be inclined to save it for later by just caching it (dead) in a tree. That would be the best way to attract the maximum of flies and predators. Cats are know to play with their preys when satiated keeping them alive as long as possible. It seems that they have a lot of fun with it.

sergioj97 8y ago
> Cats are know to play with their preys when satiated keeping them alive as long as possible. When they do, it doesn't look like what the leopard was doing with the calf. They don't "play" in that sense, they just incapacitate the prey so it can't escape and "play" with it until it's dead. Definitely not what the leopard was doing.