Is man eating addictive to animals?

Answer 1

With all the preservatives and crap we eat, we prolly taste like twinkies to them. Actually, most animals won't eat a human (they will bite and maul) because we taste very strange. Eating a human is pretty much a last resort kind of thing...the reason man killing lions are such a big deal is because once a lion realizes how easy it is to kill a human, it gets lazy and only hunts humans (we aren't very fast and have no natural defenses).

Answer 2

It is more of a physcological addiction, than a physical addiction. Usually when an animal attacks a human it is out of desperation or fear. However, once they figure out that humans are easy prey, they tend to start praying soley on humans. In fact, a single leopard is credited with killing over 120 people. In a lot of cases the animal just loses its fear of man, and learns that humans tend to be easy prey.

Answer 3

To answer your question seriously, yes, man or meat eating can be addictive to some animals. That is the reason for killing an alligator once it has eaten a human or another animal. Dogs are another case in point, once they have had blood, they are put down because they will keep trying to get another taste of blood.

Answer 4

Only insofar as it is so easily accomplished. It has nothing to do with hating humans or evil. It is simply very addicting to an animal that usually has to fight really hard to subdue other prey of similar size to humans. A deer for example they are about the same size as humans but they are far faster, stronger, and better at detecting thier predators(smell, hearing etc), they have better defenses, and it takes alot more effort on the part of the predator to hunt and kill them.... Humans on the other hand, are slower, weaker, and cannot detect predators by hearing or smell, and what have we to compare with the claws of a tiger? without any man-made weapons we have no real physical defense. To a large and well equipped predator with strong jaws, sharp teeth and claws, as well as excellent hearing, smell and stealthy hunting techniques... we humans are easy pickings to say the least! Naturally, any predator will seek out the easiest prey and become addicted to the ease of thier hunting, and its rich rewards. In fact I hesistate to even call it addiction it is more like natural instinct, and injured predators are more likely to become man-eaters because they can only catch the weakest of prey due to any debilitating injury. You may recall that Shere-khan from Rudyard Kipling's famous Jungle Book was an injured tiger that resorted to preying on humans, and this is often the case with many man-eaters. However, in some documented cases like the Tsavo maneaters, the lions were not injured or sick at all, the commonly accepted theory based on scientific evidence is that the two bachelor males(lions) had acquired a taste for humans by scavenging the graves of deceased railroad workers, eventually modifying their feeding behavior to the snatching of sleeping workers from their tents. I would disagree and say they ate the bodies and then remembering the smell, investigated the workers camp. Being predators and remembering thier last meal, they took advantage of the easy prey, and kept coming back for more after the ease of thier first kill. They instinctively prey upon the weakest animals because they are weak...not because they have a taste for them, thier smell may lead them back and memory of thier feast may encourage them but nothing so trivial as taste... You could call it addiction if you want, but if they are addicted to anything it is the ease of the hunt, and the instinct is to take advantage of that. That is my opinion at least.

Answer 5

What an interesting question...

Here's some others:

Do cannibals derive an unknown (to us) benefit from eating humans?

Do man-eating lions have strange thoughts after dinner?

If the answers to the above two questions is "NO", then I would have to say that any addictiveness would be a matter of taste (heh heh).

Answer 6

I wouldn't say addicted, more accustomed.

If an animal finds it easier to hunt humans due to physical problems that prevent them from hunting their natural prey then that's what they will do to stay alive.

Answer 7

most animals are not man-eaters, usually only animals that have been released out of captivity improperly, or old or sick ones that are too weak to hunt down competitive prey. basically, animals only resort to man-eating if they have to depend on humans for food

Answer 8

Some animals are said to become fond of the taste of human flesh.

Answer 9

for some, yes. but for the majority it is simply out of fear they attack and simply taking advantage of a free meal.

Answer 10

yeah, once those bears get a taste for human flesh.....