2007-03-09 13:02:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Because it is fun. They enjoy the feeling of power they have over their prey, such as penguins or seals or sea lions, etc. By way of analogy, you have heard the phrase "cat and mouse game" perhaps. Cats like to catch a mouse or other small rodent and deliberately let it go so they can capture it again, and repeat this process many times. They want to hone their predatory skills.
Killer whales often kill things when they are not hungry and do not always eat what they have killed. They want to hone their predatory skills to increase its chances of survival by being a supreme hunter and reducing the chance it would be unable to kill properly and therefore unable to eat and starve and die as a result.
2007-03-09 17:23:49 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The toss their prey into the air to make sure it is dead.
2007-03-09 21:16:16 · answer #2 · answered by Carrie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
more like to turn it in the direction best for eating.
2007-03-09 22:51:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋