I'm sure they do -- I just can't cultivate an appreciation for anything which might not consider that I should be at the top of the food chain, and not somewhere in the middle :-/ LOL
I can cultivate an appreciation for it. Appreciate in the sense that, "Wow, that creature is amazing, I'm going to stay FAR, FAR away from it!"
Appreciation = respect.
"I'm sure they do -- I just can't cultivate an appreciation for anything which might not consider that I should be at the top of the food chain, and not somewhere in the middle :-/ LOL"
Should has nothing to do with it. But gunpowdeer does. Ask any wolf, bear, panther, etc. - unless they have been granted "endangered" status under the Endangered Species Act. If granted "endangered" status, they soon start attacking and eating people.
Ask Timothy Treadwell.
Oops, he became bear scat. Oh well. 'Twas a natural death, albeit a prolonged and agonizing one.