And if you jump on the back of a bull and cling to it like a tick, don't be surprised when he does a two-step on your rib cage. In those cases, humankind really needs a slap upside the head from a furry, clawed paw. Warnings ignored, humans feel the need to reassert their fragile standing in the wild kingdom. Safaris turn carcasses into art, and old food-gathering techniques are perverted into hunting for sport, the only socially acceptable way as of yet to blend guns and bright orange pants. Even in such a one-sided matchup, though, there are glorious occasions where the hunter will stumble upon a vengeful bear that recently escaped its tricycle gig at the circus or a ferocious buck who bought a switchblade from a horse friend of his.
Domestication is another issue.
And yet, two mistakes are made all too commonly. First, some people get the bunk notion that a tiger, for instance, if domesticated from birth, will lose the genetic predisposition to kill and eat fleshy, vulnerable, toddler-sized creatures. Those folks normally have their children eaten. Second, others assume that when training their normally safe dogs to be aggressive, home-protecting attack dogs, that the animals will have the discipline and discretion to attack only when necessary. The mentality of the folks in those videos is pretty much screwed, and only on Fox will you see someone smear ground beef on their hand in an attempt to have a cougar eat from their palm.