>>10981784>as a kid, decide to have a pet spider>kill flies and give them to the spider>spider refuses>have a cat>constantly hunting down and eating flies, wasps, butterflies, grasshoppers, etc.>kill a bug and give it to the cat>cat ignores existence of bug cadaver>watch stray cats running after mice in the urban jungle>think they are hunting for food>as soon as a mouse drops dead, they vanish from cats radars unless they are large enough to carry around as a trophyLots of animals will be disinterested in prey they didn't kill because the prey may be sick. Necrophages will eat dead animals but predators prefer to kill them and eat them while they are fresh. Its the most hygienic form of sustenance for an animal that doesn't require human intervention. 'Playing dead' works against many predators.
