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As a general rule, animals never attack first. When humans encroach the traditional lands of the animals there are conflicts waiting to happen. Monkeys are smar
by FlyingSnake 5y ago
As a general rule, animals never attack first. When humans encroach the traditional lands of the animals there are conflicts waiting to happen. Monkeys are smart and usually don’t bother humans, unless it’s a matter of food or threat to their group.
Edit: I'm surprised at the downvotes, isn't human-wildlife conflict in Indian forests well documented?
- PicassoCTs 5y agoAt least one animal does. Homo sapiens. We are not separate from nature, we are just a extreme of nature.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoThat's one interpretation of the word "animal". The use above clearly meant non-human animals.
- EamonnMR 5y agoMore generally, all predators do. We aren't the relentless killing machines that cats are though.
- formerly_proven 5y agoMost humans actually don't run around attacking stuff.
- Retric 5y agoAs a general rule that’s true but useless. Humans are relatively large animals that most creatures don’t want to mess with. But a hippo for example isn’t discouraged by this. Also the deadliest North American wildlife is the deer almost entirely because they’re jumping in front of cars.
- technothrasher 5y ago> Also the deadliest North American wildlife is the deer Actually, the deadliest North American wildlife is the mosquito.
- the_only_law 5y agoAre they particularly deadly in NA? I’m not downplaying the disease spread by mosquitoes, but I would have imagined that they’re significantly deadlier in less developed continents and that then acesss and quality of healthcare would make them less so in North America.
- selectodude 5y agoDepends on what you consider North America. Mexico down to Panama still have significant mosquito-borne illness and none of the access and quality of healthcare we enjoy in US/CA.
- Retric 5y agoMexico with a population of 130 Million only had 641 cases of Malaria in 2019, it’s not at great risk from mosquito-born illness. Central American countries are at a significantly higher risk, Panama for example has 4.4 million people and had 1,597 cases of malaria in 2019. Other diseases show similar trends. Still in terms of total deaths from Mosquito born illness it’s likely lower than most assume.
- Retric 5y agoPersonally, I consider Mexico, Canada, and most of America as North America with the Caribbean, and Central America being separated. I wouldn’t call Malaria etc wildlife, mosquito’s on their own are harmless.
- perl4ever 5y agoMalaria was once endemic in the US, but that was a while ago, right?
- hulitu 5y agoAs a general rule stray dogs and wolfs in packs will attack humans.
- fundad 5y agoThey big mad if you say humans are killers. The monkeys would do that to any species once threatened.
- bongoman37 5y agoThis is some nature is benign nonsense. Plenty of animals will attack humans without provocation. E.g., mosquitoes are animals. More seriously, stray dogs etc. attack children quite regularly in India. Man eating tigers etc are documented to track down and hunt humans.
- s1artibartfast 5y ago>As a general rule, animals never attack first. Nonsense. There is a long list of predator species that will opportunistically feed on humans. As you yourself point out, many other animals that can't eat a human will attack if they feel threatened or competition. Be careful around all large animals.