I haven't thought of that, but it makes sense. Though if we were being "overrun" by a species of hyper-intelligent nonhuman animals, I'm sure we'd get our hunti

I haven't thought of that, but it makes sense. Though if we were being "overrun" by a species of hyper-intelligent nonhuman animals, I'm sure we'd get our hunting tools ready. So there's the "rareness" factor. Then there's the "attractiveness" factor. If I killed a beautiful butterfly (heck, even if I extirpated a bed of tulips) I'd probably be labeled as a sociopath.