re: Toddler, 3, is snatched and eaten by leopard at safari park in Uganda

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the fact it was a human child didn’t factor into the equation at all

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now you are making my point

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We have to remember that to the Leopard the fact it was a human child didn’t factor into the equation at all. The leopard just saw an easy meal and took it

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so the cat didnt learn anything

this was innate behavior

Let's make this simple.

You have 2 leopards, and each has a fake human child placed in front of it. #1 gets close and is hit with an electric current. #2 is able to approach, discovers that the fake child is actually prime tenderloin, and the leopard is allowed to eat/take the meal as it pleases.

Same 2 leopards, plus a third who was not part of the first experiment, are then placed in a situation where each is shown a human child. Which is most likely to approach and try to eat it first?

If your answer is leopard #2, then you should understand why this leopard needs to be killed.

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But why though?

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nutritional value

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Do you think catching a gazelle is easier?

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No but gazelles are prey for big cats...it's instinctive for them to hunt them

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Do you think leopards have no ability to distinguish an easy thing from a difficult thing based on past experience?

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of course they do and i think this leopard and any other big cat would kill a toddler if they were hungry, hell maybe even if they weren't, and the opportunity presented itself.

Do you think leopards have learned porcupines don't make good meals?

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Let's make this simple.

You have 2 leopards, and each has a fake human child placed in front of it. #1 gets close and is hit with an electric current. #2 is able to approach, discovers that the fake child is actually prime tenderloin, and the leopard is allowed to eat/take the meal as it pleases.

Same 2 leopards, plus a third who was not part of the first experiment, are then placed in a situation where each is shown a human child. Which is most likely to approach and try to eat it first?

If your answer is leopard #2, then you should understand why this leopard needs to be killed.

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of course it would be leopard #2 or #3

ok lets make this more realistic...how about 2 kids and not actually fake kids that are actually prime tenderloin...i would say leopard #3 would most likely attack first.

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he will almost assuredly return to see if he can do it again.

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of course but how many times had the cat passed there without getting a meal or how many times has he successfully found his typical prey near the village?

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it’s about learned behavior.

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ok so how many times does the leopard have to visit the village and not see toddlers available to eat to learn it is not a location to get his meals? Do you think leopards hunt areas that don't produce or ones that do?

Well, let’s show our wild side and kill the leopard

Wouldn’t it be “natural” of Homo sapiens, or any animal with the appropriate means available to them, to kill an adversary picking off their herd?

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By that logic, shouldn’t humans do what humans do? And simply destroy something we don’t like despite the reason or fault?

I think that goes both ways

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We have a concious, wild animals do not

How many “cute” zoo videos are there of big cats of all kinds jumping at the glass to “play” with a child or toddler? Think there was even a video of the late Mike pawing at his glass and licking when a child was posed for a picture? “Aww how cute!” Nope. He’s tasting your kid.

Big cats either HATE children or love them as a snack.