2006-09-26 09:00:28 · 26 answers · asked by blj 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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2006-09-26 09:02:11 · answer #1 · answered by jonnybanas18 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You make a presumptuous statement... all species have a predator.
Who is the predator for the Eagle? For a Polar bear? for the lion?
I think you have made a false presumption
At one time or another - mankind has been hunted by some of the above animals. Others include the Grizzly bear, leopards, Tigers, wolves, sharks. etc.
2006-09-26 16:57:54 · answer #2 · answered by NW_iq_140 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all species have a predator, thats why some are considered to be "at the top of the food chain". Also, top predators are also excellent 'indicator' species for the health of a particular bio-sphere
2006-09-26 16:18:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ultimately fungi, bacteria and other helpful cleaners of nature eat us. As far as a natural predator that hunts specifically for us we dont have (well, some of us hunt for others but its not a different animal). However if a human is unlucky enough and steps out of his niche or habitat it becomes part of the food chain the local ecosystem has and only has its brain as an advantage. For example if a huma gos to the Amazon, it becomes possible target to flesh eating animals such as alligators, piranhas, snakes and big cats. So basically a human's predator is anything within the ecosystem the human is in that has the physical abbility and need to kill him/her and ingest the meat to survive.
2006-09-26 16:14:16 · answer #4 · answered by Mauros12 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Human
2006-09-26 16:03:10 · answer #5 · answered by mindtelepathy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're generally regarded as being top of the food chain. However, Grizzly's, Polar bears, and older members of the big cats specifically hunt humans. An interesting point that others have mentioned regarding bacteria and viruses, which all multicelled organisms finally succumb to. Maybe they are the top of the food chain? Stephan Hawking argues that intelligent, complex life like ourselves is an instability and can't exist for long, whereas the smaller, simpler forms of life have proved their stability by being around for billions of years.
2006-09-26 17:01:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humans are probably at the top of the food chain, therefore we have no natural predators.
2006-09-26 16:08:29 · answer #7 · answered by Sephra 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that
man in the natural state has many predators,
depends on where you live.
it could be a lion, jaguar, shark,
even on the microscoptic level germs and virus are always looking to prey on the human body.
and fianlly once we are deceased, we are the prey to the worms.
2006-09-26 16:16:16 · answer #8 · answered by nefariousx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans are there own predator.
2006-09-26 16:02:39 · answer #9 · answered by The Druid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other humans, of course. Note that our society has laws against "sexual predators" and "stalking" which wild animals can get away with...
2006-09-26 16:12:40 · answer #10 · answered by waybrightstuff 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
humans are the biggest human predators, especially males, guys kill more people than any other thing on this planet,
that was a easy one!!!
2006-09-26 16:29:23 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋