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From: andrewt@cs.su.oz (Andrew Taylor)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Killing for fun
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Date: 27 Feb 91 06:37:10 GMT
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In article <1991Feb26.202248.26171@odin.corp.sgi.com> milt@sgi.com
(Milton E. Tinkoff) writes:
> 
> I've been told that there is only one animal (besides
> humans) that kills for recreational purposes.  If this
> animal exists, what is it?  Toying with prey ...

Californian Sea Lions will occasionally kill Marine Iguanas during play.
South American Sea Lions will kill Magellenic Penguins, apparently as play
and apparently quite deliberately. Neither eats the victim nor are they
normal prey. I'm sure there are other examples.

Andrew Taylor