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Any Earth species that kill and don't feed?

posted 13 years ago by ArkhamsMostWanted
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Aside from humans, is there any species of creature on this planet that hunts for fun, or hunts just for the sake of killing something near them? As far as I can recall from every nature show I have ever watched, pretty much every single creature that kills another does it for food.

That being said, since the moon creatures obviously have another source of food (they would HAVE to, as humans are not a viable food source on the moon, and the creatures are never shown eating any of the astronauts)why attack the astronauts? I mean, the moon is big enough where they could have kept a wide berth and not come into contact with the astronauts at all, and waited the 3 days (I think it was 3?) until they left. Just seems odd that if the creatures didn't need to use the astronauts for food, that they would just start terrorizing them and killing them.

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[–] bowtie41 10 years ago

Pit Bulls

[–] patrick-geoffrey-jones 9 years ago

Domestic cats do it all the time. They'll eat what they kill if they're hungry, but they'll hunt even when they're not hungry. They'll break one if its limbs and play with it for a while, and when they're done they'll leave it out whole in a prominent location.

[–] JudgeNotLestYeBeJudgeReinhold 9 years ago

I think certain primates will kill humans (or other animals) if they feel threatened.

[–] sean-van-der-smythe 9 years ago

Don't cats do that?

In any case, I think you assume that the lunar rock spiders are intelligent and making a rational response to the landing as opposed to responding to the stimulus as they have been programmed through their evolution. You are anthropomorphising them, I think. I don't think the lifeforms understand their own actions any more than a spider building it's web in my bedroom where there are very seldom any flies to catch.