Re: Predators prefer to hunt small brained prey

[Phillip Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:52:24 -0700 (PDT) Jura <pristichampsus@yahoo.com>
writes:
> http://www.liv.ac.uk/newsroom/press_releases/2006/08/predator_study.htm
> 
> "The study, carried out by Dr Susanne Shultz, from the
> School of Biological Sciences, focused on predators
> from Africa and South America such as the jaguar,
> chimpanzee, leopard and puma. Dr Shultz found that
> prey with a small brain such as small antelope,
> mongooses and the red river hog were more susceptible
> to attacks by predators compared with larger-brained
> prey. The report showed a strong correlation between
> the brain size of the prey and the predatory bias
> towards it."


I was once stalked by a cougar.  [long uncomfortable pause.....]

<pb> (hopelessly struggling to put 2 and 2 together....)
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