# Carnivorism: what?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 24, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivorism-what/931340 "2021-01-24T03:24:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivorism-what/931340/40 "2021-01-24T15:36:41Z")

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> [@Which is more insulting: To be killed by wildlife or weather?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-insulting-to-be-killed-by-wildlife-or-weather/537943/1):
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> I think if I was to find myself being eaten by a shark, thrashed by a tornado, or hit by a meteor, my main reaction would be one of insult. How dare it! The sheer effrontery of it all.

Interestingly enough, that was precisely the reaction of one researcher who found himself stalked by a tiger. His immediate reaction was, how dare it! Doesn’t it realize who I am? On second thought he realized the cat understood exactly what he was.

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