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[Mephansteras]

Yup. I try to be consistent between places I frequent. 

[Jackrabbit]

Humans are clearly better physically than any animal. They can produce devastating little metal balls from their hands that pierce holes into any other creature at hundreds of meters, can run at speeds of 300+ km per hour, can hold their breath for hours or even days, skim on the surface of the ocean faster than any fish or other animal could. They can lift objects thousands of times their own weight, can stare out into the sky as far away as the next solar system at least, and they can secrete nearly impenetrable substances with which they make their nests.

And do other stuff good too.

We also kill ourselves over the stupidest of reasons

Like when someone shot an ostrich because he was hungry and started ww1

[Qmarx]

I read somewhere that while the natural predators would kill their prey, such as herbivores, they relied on short burst of speed and surprise, but the actual chance of success was pretty low. OTOH, when humans did the same they mostly just out-jogged the prey to death.

Though most people in a modern society don't realize, humans are near the very top in terms of endurance compared to other creatures. Combined with our other advantages, humans are the Terminators of the animal kingdom. We can chase prey for hours. We can hold grudges forever. Rip out our "claws"? We don't care, we'll pull out new ones. We can warp reality so that everything is trying to kill you.
Gazelle 1: Oh man, I've been running for a whole five minutes and that human's still chasing me!
Gazelle 2: It gets worse. The wolves have started teaming up with them.
Gazelle 1: Oh God...

[Wooty]

Bwahaha, I'm so sigging this quote from the comments section of the article.

I think PETA made a big mistake. Calling fish “sea Kittens” is likely to increase consumption in South East Asia.

[MuonDecay]

They might only be keeping hens.  Roosters will try to kill each other, especially when there are hens around.  Hence why beak trimming isn't all that bad and free range is bad.  There was that whole deal with PETA harassing those monks that were using those practices, even though there were much larger businesses doing the same thing.

Harassment is PETA's modus operandi, among others. They're an "ends justify the means" organization. Believe me when I say that if the organization believed that a massive public slaughter of animals would further their cause, the gutters would run red with blood.

The members aren't always wing-nuts but the leadership is has gotten to where sanctimonious delirium is quite common, it seems. Nothing is below them.

[Qmarx]

The members aren't always wing-nuts but the leadership is has gotten to where sanctimonious delirium is quite common, it seems. Nothing is below them.

They've fooled you.

The truth is, they don't care about animals.  No organization with leaders that cared could be that incompetent at their stated goal, but so competent at fundraising, without design.  They care about money. 

The leaders make money off the wingnuts.  It's exactly the same scheme as Scientology, but without the whole "we're totally a religion" tax breaks.

[MuonDecay]

Don't think they're going to miss out on that for long, though!

I'm sure somewhere, someone is busy pecking away at a keyboard, compiling the sacred texts of the Church of the Holy Seal Cub.

[Decimator]

The way I see it, look at where we are in the food chain: we're up there with lions and tigers and bears.  Especially bears.  But all those critters got where they are by having lots of speed, strength, senses, and natural weaponry like claws and fangs.  We're up there due to our brains.

Our biggest advantage is our brain.  Put a human up against a tiger, and you'll wind up with a well-fed tiger.  But when that human makes a spear, it becomes a much tougher fight for the tiger.  When a bunch of spear-wielding humans use their brainpower to coordinate an effort that puts even wolves to shame, that tiger is seriously fucked, no matter how strong, fast, and pointy it is.

And the versatility is related to what you mentioned, Mephansteras: we're really fairly pathetic for a top-tier predator, but we can recognize rivals' weaknesses, and have just enough to exploit those weaknesses.  We can outlast a cheetah, outrange a polar bear, out-quick-kill a wolf, and outfish damn well near anything.

Even unarmed, we still have yet another advantage due to our opposable thumbs and big brains.

NAIROBI - A 73-year-old Kenyan grandfather reached into the mouth of an attacking leopard and tore out its tongue to kill it, authorities said Wednesday.

Peasant farmer Daniel M’Mburugu was tending to his potato and bean crops in a rural area near Mount Kenya when the leopard charged out of the long grass and leapt on him.

M’Mburugu had a machete in one hand but dropped that to thrust his fist down the leopard’s mouth. He gradually managed to pull out the animal’s tongue, leaving it in its death-throes.

“It let out a blood-curdling snarl that made the birds stop chirping,” he told the daily Standard newspaper of how the leopard came at him and knocked him over.

The leopard sank its teeth into the farmer’s wrist and mauled him with its claws. “A voice, which must have come from God, whispered to me to drop the panga (machete) and thrust my hand in its wide-open mouth. I obeyed,” M’Mburugu said.

As the leopard was dying, a neighbor heard the screams and arrived to finish it off with a machete.

M’Mburugu was toasted as a hero in his village Kihato after the incident earlier this month. He was also given free hospital treatment by astonished local authorities.

“This guy is very lucky to be alive,” Kenya Wildlife Service official Connie Maina told Reuters, confirming details of the incident.

Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.

[Rockphed]

Even unarmed, we still have yet another advantage due to our opposable thumbs and big brains.

I knew Kenyans were hardcore, but that beats it all.

[chaoticag]

How tall was he?! How tall was he?!

[Earthquake Damage]

NAIROBI - A 73-year-old Kenyan grandfather reached into the mouth of an attacking leopard and tore out its tongue to kill it, authorities said Wednesday.

His wallet must say "bad motherfucker."

[LegoLord]

He almost sounds like a DF dwarf.

[Felblood]

 Alright, screw it PETA.

 For every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three.

 You decide.

*snif*

That's beautiful, man.

[Alfador]

That guy... WINS AT LIFE.

Seriously... 73 years old, killing a big cat with your BARE HANDS. That's so hardcore we need a new word just to describe it. Like... diamondcore, or adamantinecore.

[Felblood]

How about, "Beyond Metal Core."

The capitols are part of the spelling.