Originally posted by Herman
This is kind of just a stupid theory/question of mine, but does anyone think that there will ever be an animal that evolved for the specific purpose
of killing humans? I mean, there are animals that specifically pray on certain types of animals, and seeing as how humans are a threat to most
animals, it would make some sense. Most likely, the animal would have to be a lot smarter than us though...
Just an interesting thought!
Don't we already have enough human predators?
Seriously, predators include wolves, bears, tigers, lions, leopards (very efficient), hyenas, and jaguars -- the large meat eaters. We've moved
ourselves so they can't attack us efficiently, though some still do.
Other types of predators include parasites and viruses.
Does the hunter need to be smarter than the prey? No. There's plenty of counterexamples -- anemones (which basically have no brain) prey on fish
(with organized nervous systems and brains.)