Why do animals kill?

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for fun? i watched orcas play with a baby seal before they kill it they were beating the crap out of it and throwing it around for fun on the discovery channel!! it make me so sad i also saw it on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfycZ5OeRLo. also chimpanzees kill other animals and even each other for fun. cats and dogs kill for fun even tho they dont have to. do you think animals are evil

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here is the link look at them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfycZ5OeRLo why do they torture it before they kill its so mean? just because its instinct does that make it ok to kill animals for no reasaon but fun then do you think its ok for ppl to also kill animals for no reason but fun??

no is not how they have to kill it they can kill it with a single bite right when they catch it and eat it. but they catch it and drag it to the middle of the ocean to let it go and then beat it up and then let it go and beat it up over and over again!! i was so sad to see the seal was only a baby and it was cute.

Answer 1

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Actually animals arepure, people are the ones that can be evil. I saw that horrible scene on the discovery channel as well, but I beleive there was an explanation. They were young Orca whales and orcas hunt together sometimes and they were practicing this skill. I was horriified and had to turn it, but it was a part of their survival.
It is instincial for them. Dogs were formally wolves and have a chase/kill instinct in them. In some breeds its very repressed, in others its very active. Cats kill because it is their survival instinct and even when they don't eat their kill, many times they will bring it to the door of their home and mew until you go see and they leave it there as some kind of gift (in their minds anyway). I have had to think about this alot, a few months ago my newest rescue dog, who was formally abused and neglected killed my beloved cat. I was devaststed, but had to come to an understanding that it was not done out of evil intent, it was instinct.
People kill other people over jelousy, anger, money...that is evil. Animals have no concept of killing except a survival instinct, therefor man is far more eveil than any animal. With the monkeys, they may kill over territory. that is also survival, because the family with the best shelter, food supply, can insure that their offspring is taken care of.

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my friend, ppl killing for jealousy anger and money are also from survival instinct. animals are pure like a car is pure. they might not be capable of evil but they are not capable of good either. morality is the realm of men.. only humans can do evil but only humans can do good as well.

Answer 2

No animals are not evil, they have survival instincts and most are playing not realizing that they are killing an animal unless that is the intention. Many people are mis-guided in the assumption house cats kill mice for food..they usually are fed well and they play. most times not eating that prey..unless they are hungry...it is very sad this happens but in another way many people eat meat, poultry, fish it is just that people use other methods to kill.

Answer 3

They are not evil.I've seen that video before.The orcas put the little baby back.They do that as training and to teach young ones how to succesfully hunt.Happens many times.Mother cheetahs bring back live prey for their young to play with and catch for the same reason.Most of the time when an animal kills it's for food, territory,lessons,protecting themselves.It's all tough to understand sometimes but in nature there is a reason for everything. With wild animals there are no morals there is just survival and instinct.

Answer 4

No, animals aren't evil
It's the circle of life like:
A lion eats rhino then the lion dies, the minerals of the body will go to the ground and another rhino will eat the grass with lion minerals
So that's what they say "It's meant to be like this, the past be redone
It's not for fun..... It's for their survival

Answer 5

Animals are not evil. Think about it. We kill animals. Why? For food. Thats why animals kill each other too. They need to survive right? And the thing with the orcas, thats how they kill their prey. Its all instinc my friend,

Answer 6

animals arent cruel, its just their instinct, it may look upseting to watch for us, but its just the way they are.
they dont know any different so it doesnt seem wrong to them.

Answer 7

everyone needs food without it they die about orcas they are killers they are killing with no mercy :3

Answer 8

Instincs

Answer 9

its all instinct they dont know any different. Its what they would do in the wild.

Answer 10

they're just like us killing just for fun. Like I sometimes do with ants and other bugs.

Answer 11

see some animals need to kill for food or they die and their teethes are made for it

Answer 12

Animals don't usually kill for fun. That is left for humans to do. The Orca video was of adult whales training young animals to hunt. They WERE NOT PLAYING they were teaching their babies to survive. Chimps don't kill for fun. They fight over mates and territory, but rarely kill. The loser realizes it is losing and runs away. Unlike humans they then get along with the established pecking order. Cats and dogs don't count because their behavior has been distorted by people.Animals kill for FOOD and sometimes accidentally in fights for mates,or territory. Humans kill because you are wearing the wrong color clothes.