From: "Andy" <as-AT-spelthorne.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 15:33:48 +0000
Subject: Re: was: Re: baby food; is: who knows?



> 
> That, Scott, mon cher ami, is a common assumption, but one not supported by
> any evidence.  It relies upon the unstated premis that pleasure and
> immediate consumption are the sole rationale available to a predator for
> killing prey species.  One wonders why this assumption is so popular...
> 

Well, my cat takes a long time over the kill. She performs all these 
neat control flicks in the air like Pele, and occasionally leaves the 
prey not altogether dead.
>AS