how are better hunters the hyenas or the humans?
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Humans of course. There is nothing that hunts us.
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Easier to ask, "Why do humans hunt for pleasure?"\n\nHunting is an instinct in us as omnivores.  It's much stronger in carnivores.  When we hunt, chase down prey, kill it, and presumably eat it, we are responding to stimuli on an instinctual level.  Our bodies release endorphins to reinforce this behavior.\n\nHumans are strange... we are the only animal on this planet who can overcome our instincts based on rational thought alone.  That's not always a good thing though.  Besides your traditional lemming story, you don't often hear about animal suicides (overcoming survival instinct), and we definitely enjoy some of our intinctual urges (procreation leaps immediately to mind).\n\nPleasure is something few animals besides humans enjoy.  If they did, I'd imagine they'd be doing a lot of things just because they could.
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Well, let's see. Male lions lay around all day and let the females hunt. They barely ever attack. A tiger could take a male lion down easily, but a female lion would be a different story.
397671
They bash into their predators. they are actually quite strong. they kill sharks that way
984363
Animals sense things alot better than humans do.
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I saw a special on the Discovery Channel where a man was attacked by a hippo and he lost his arm in the attack but survived. So yes, people have survived hippo attacks just like people have survived shark attacks to in a similar vein. Hippos do account for more deaths than crocodiles in Africa so you did understand that correctly. Also the Cape Buffalo, or African Buffalo is considered one of the most dangerous animals for big-game hunters.
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Most snakes aren't terribly fond of people in general.  We're massively huge compared to them, make lots of noise, and we seem to be everywhere!\n\nSo most snakes avoid humans as much as they can.\n\nWhen cornered or threatened, some venomous snakes will lash out and bite humans.  Some species are more aggressive than others, and will bite much more readily than other species, some of them with almost no provocation, but they all require provocation of some kind.  \n\nThere are no venomous snakes that will actively seek out humans to bite.
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It is true that this world exists by the law of survival of the fittest, as well as the most "intelligent."  That is why tigers are not indigenous on every continent; if they were, they would be a lot more prevalent than humans!  Humans have guns, that is the power they have over every beast of this earth--not alleged intelligence.
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Yeah probably the dolphins.  It's been shown they are more intelligent than humans.  Once they evolve to the point of being physically independent on land AND water, I think they'll give us a run for our money.\n\nEver see that Simpsons episode where the dolphins reclaim the land?  I just love that one.  *smile*
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Yes, humans do a lot more harm than wolves do.  Also, in many areas of the country, species that wolves used to keep in check are becoming severely overpopulated.  White-tailed deer in particular (also known as rats with hooves), but also wapiti (aka elk) in some regions have created major changes in local ecosystems.\n\nRe-introducing predators can help to manage these populations, in addition to helping to maintain the health of the wolf populations which are losing territory all over the world.
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Good question, perhaps it is because they suck blood. Most people don't fear them anymore because they pass them off as mere myth. I however, became jaded to fear ages ago. Nowadays, hunting them is all that I really concern myself with, I take great joy in the way they scream as I saw their sickly arms off. I also take their defiled head off and force it to watch as I drive the stake ever so slowly though their heart... that is, after I set them ablaze.\n>8)
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chimps -they did it alot in Tarzan movies.
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hunting  predators  !  Being   spotted  and ambushed   can be fairly easy. That is exotica to onlookers' eyes  to have gotten to learn  by seeing  how  a  primitive  performance  will  have  looked  like .
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As many people have said, dolphins are believed to be the smartest beings after humans, with pigs, chimps( and mice, if one goes by the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, of course) close behind. It's subjective, really, depending on your definition of 'smart'.\n\nBut then, would you really call humans 'smart'? We've done more to mess up the planet than millions of years of life so far--how many pigs have you seen driving SUVs and throwing McDonald's bags out the window on the high-way? ;)
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The third, lions that are dead aren't really that murderous, are they?
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First of all, you need to learn the difference between Hunters and Poachers. Hunters obey the laws enacted to protect the animals - game and non-game animals. Hunters respect the animal they are hunting. True, most Hunters do so for the sport, but it is fair chase and the animal becomes food for the Hunter and his/her family. Like it or not, we by nature are predators. Hunting also helps keep animal population under control. Since we have intruded into the animals area, there is less room and natural food for large populations. Larger populations means disease and hunger. Poachers kill animals illegally. They do not obey the laws. They kill for profit because some PEOPLE like to buy the tusk, furs, etc of non-game and protected animals. Don't put the blame on Hunters, but the PEOPLE that finance the Poachers with their illegal purchases.
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Lions aren't stronger than Tigers. Siberian Tigers have about 100lbs on Lions in general, depending on the individual animal. And 500lbs on a hyena. The assumption that a hyena could kill a tiger is untrue. Because while the hyenas have the strongest jaws in the animal kingdom, they are far smaller than tigers. So hyenas are not stronger than any of the Tigers, they have stronger jaws, but that is not the same thing.\nSiberian Tigers are the largest of all the big cats.  \nI would lean towards the Siberian Tiger because pound for pound, it is heavier, and actually probably more muscular. However it really depends on which tiger you would be using for comparison according the below link.