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I specified primates because big cats eat more baboons than humans, but they kill both species in a very similar fashion, so let's open up the problem space. S
by EdwardDiego 2y ago
I specified primates because big cats eat more baboons than humans, but they kill both species in a very similar fashion, so let's open up the problem space.
So, really straightforward, in the context of bears eating people, someone implied that a cat will toy with you to death. I asked for evidence that they do this with primates, someone shared an anecdote about deer that isn't relevant to "bears eating people".
I'm not saying primates are exceptional, rather, that the story about deer is irrelevant.
- boneghost 2y agoThis is the funniest hill to die on. Thank you.
- sethammons 2y agoIf primates are not exceptional as prey, how is the deer irrelevant? Primate == food; Deer == food Why would one food be different?
- jessekv 2y agoPrimates and Deer are shaped rather differently. Deer are 20% neck. I am with EdwardDiego on this one.
- sethammons 2y agoThe presence of a neck means the cat is more likely to play with its food? That is outside my world model having lived around wild predators, including wild cats, most of my life. I had a mountain lion kill a deer three nights ago outside my house on our property. It seemingly didn't kill it outright since I heard the deer 15 minutes later make a similar sound. I have seen the same behavior in house cats with mice and lizards. The case is on y'all to say why a primate as prey would be different
- albedoa 2y ago> someone shared an anecdote about [big cats eating] deer that isn't relevant to "bears eating people". Would you admit that it's relevant to "big cats eating animals"?