04-06-2015, 03:23 PM
(04-06-2015, 02:38 PM)AngelofDeath Wrote: Not to mention, carnivores don't just go for old and diseased, they go for whomever falls behind the bigger pack which in many case is perfectly healthy YOUNG animals. Babies and children are constant prey in the animal kingdom. There are some creatures which even live primarily on the young of other creatures.
There are 2 survival behaviors at work here: culling the weak, and the alpha male asserting dominance. I'm not sure which creatures you are referring to who live primarily off the young of other creatures. Are you relating this to the way humans behave?