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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-70-133041406 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Marian, I'm afraid lots of wild predators do play with their prey (yes, = including dolphins in the wild). I don't know for sure, but would guess = that it's also the natural behaviour of the wild cats that are the = ancestors of the domestic cat. Some species (such as cheetahs, I think?) = don't do it, but that's likely more to save energy and not get hurt than = to avoid letting the prey escape -- a gazelle with a good bite to the = neck isn't going far. Cruel stuff, though easily curtailed by keep our valued companions = indoors. Cheers, Andy On Jul 11, 2013, at 3:19 PM, fulton.harding@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > I was wondering the same thing. Any video I have seen of a wild cat = of any kind hunting the kill is quick. If you are hunting to survive I = expect you don't take any chances on the prey getting away. > =20 > Alex Horne - were those dolphins in the wild or were they in = captivity? > =20 > Marian Fulton=20 > Hantsport=20 > =20 > =20 --Apple-Mail-70-133041406 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><base href=3D"x-msg://486/"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; ">Hi Marian,<div><br></div><div>I'm afraid lots of = wild predators do play with their prey (yes, including dolphins in the = wild). I don't know for sure, but would guess that it's also the natural = behaviour of the wild cats that are the ancestors of the domestic cat. = Some species (such as cheetahs, I think?) don't do it, but that's likely = more to save energy and not get hurt than to avoid letting the prey = escape -- a gazelle with a good bite to the neck isn't going = far.</div><div><br></div><div>Cruel stuff, though easily curtailed by = keep our valued companions = indoors.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Andy</div><div><br><di= v><div>On Jul 11, 2013, at 3:19 PM, <a = href=3D"mailto:fulton.harding@ns.sympatico.ca">fulton.harding@ns.sympatico= .ca</a> wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div>I = was wondering the same thing. Any video I have seen of a wild cat = of any kind hunting the kill is quick. If you are hunting to = survive I expect you don't take any chances on the prey getting = away.</div><div> </div><div>Alex Horne - were those dolphins in the = wild or were they in captivity?</div><div> </div><div>Marian = Fulton </div><div>Hantsport </div><div> </div><div> </= div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-70-133041406--
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