Trivia Question: What animal attacks and kills, just for the sake of killing?

Answer 1

Humans are indeed animals, and I beg to differ with the "highest form" we kill just for the sake of killing, not necessarily to eat or practice hunting or anything related to survival. The ability to make tools and think in abstracts also does not make us "higher." We adapt quickly to changing situations, and can live in almost any environment, but still we are just animals.

I think dogs are better humanitarians than people. They don't lie, cheat, or get jealous. Think about it.

I don't know of other animals that kill just to kill. Usually there is a reason, even if it seems feeble, like using the dead animal to teach babies to hunt, or what not.

Answer 2

So many animals do this that the list would be too long for my poor typing skills. You know that the dog and cat that you have as pets both do this. Many mammals with sufficient intelligence are know to kill for " sport ". I think that is the criteria, there, sufficient intelligence. Of course, many animals of intelligence, do no such thing.

Answer 3

Both the King Cobra of Asia and the Bushmaster of South America have been known to stalk and attack humans, obviously not with the intent of eating them.

Answer 4

Man

Answer 5

Man
And yes Man is an animal, we are relatives of the primates it you look closely at the Animal kingdom charts.

Answer 6

A shark attacks to just kill, because it has an enlarged frontal lobe in its brain, which causes it to attack mostly anything that moves.

Answer 7

Orcas

Answer 8

Human beings(the highest form of animal) who are out of their sanity

Answer 9

i've seen Orca play with Seal and kill it - didn't even eat it.
Chimanzee kill each other sometimes - that might be to preserve their own genetics/bloodline.
Man does take the catagory of killer, though.

Answer 10

That's a trick question. It's obvious you want ppl to answer "humans," but humans are not animals. Cats kill and don't eat as do sharks and killer whales.