[mrnoodle]

re: animals hunting humans while humans are hunting

This happens all the time. But the mountain lion who assesses you as you walk through the woods wisely chooses not to go for it -- there's easier prey. And try walking up on a bull moose during the rut right about sundown; the matchup is even at best (slightly weighted in the moose's favor). The badger living under the line shack we spent the night in in Wyoming didn't feel particularly undermatched when it came barrelling out towards us, teeth popping. The alligator that found its way into our stock tank in TX after the creek flooded was 8 feet long and hid in 4-foot-tall grass. On the way out to kill/chase it off we found the skin of a rattlesnake that was probably as long as the gator...or it looked that way to me at 11 years old. Outside of our urban environment, humans are anything BUT the top of the totem pole. Cry me a river, Ingrid Newkirk.