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Sure, but as the species that claims greater intelligence, surely the onus is on the humans to not put themselves into a situation where they become a meal. Bli

Sure, but as the species that claims greater intelligence, surely the onus is on the humans to not put themselves into a situation where they become a meal. Blindly shooting at an unknown target doesn't exactly suggest taking this responsibility seriously. I'd have been a-ok with the leopard making a meal of him for his foolishness. If we take it as a given that animals have no morality, or at least different morality than our own, surely it's incumbent upon us to act accordingly among them. Incidentally: while backpacking on Isle Royale, which has a robust wolf/moose ecosystem I asked a ranger why the wolves didn't just eat the plentiful, slow, weak humans instead of the moose. The ranger said humans aren't tasty to wolves.

jmnicolas 5y ago
I mostly agree with you, but don't forget that this story happened about a hundred years ago. People had different mentalities back then, less empathy. > The ranger said humans aren't tasty to wolves. I'm pretty sure it's BS. I'd bet more on wolves being afraid of humans (which is a good survival trait! Here in western Europe they have been hunted to extinction). I saw a YT video where a woman is recording a wolf that didn't see her. When it realize she's there, the wolf is startled and runs away.
- kayodelycaon 5y ago
  Having volunteered at a wolf sanctuary and interacted with a few of the human-friendly ones, they are as skittish as startled deer. Toss a deer leg in the pen and they run for the back fence. Not all though. Some of the “lower ranked” ones realized what was happening and took the opportunity to grab food they usually would have to wait for.
RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
> Sure, but as the species that claims greater intelligence, surely the onus is on the humans to not put themselves into a situation where they become a meal. If you look at human history, they have mostly done that by eliminating predatory megafauna. There used to be lions in the Middle East and Europe.

jmnicolas 5y ago

I mostly agree with you, but don't forget that this story happened about a hundred years ago. People had different mentalities back then, less empathy. > The ranger said humans aren't tasty to wolves. I'm pretty sure it's BS. I'd bet more on wolves being afraid of humans (which is a good survival trait! Here in western Europe they have been hunted to extinction). I saw a YT video where a woman is recording a wolf that didn't see her. When it realize she's there, the wolf is startled and runs away.

kayodelycaon 5y ago
Having volunteered at a wolf sanctuary and interacted with a few of the human-friendly ones, they are as skittish as startled deer. Toss a deer leg in the pen and they run for the back fence. Not all though. Some of the “lower ranked” ones realized what was happening and took the opportunity to grab food they usually would have to wait for.

RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago

> Sure, but as the species that claims greater intelligence, surely the onus is on the humans to not put themselves into a situation where they become a meal. If you look at human history, they have mostly done that by eliminating predatory megafauna. There used to be lions in the Middle East and Europe.