You forgot to add the @jkbro at the end. Because this post (which I'm seeing for the hundreth time) is false. It omits the last picture in which they DO KILL THE BABY DEER. Carnivores are opportunists and will kill given the opportunity. They won't pass an easy kill just because they already ate.
King_me speaks on this but yes. It’s a sweet idea but nowhere near true. “Surplus killing” is exhibited by most predators- where they kill more than they can eat. Sometimes it is to save and eat carcasses later, but often not. Sometimes animals kill a bunch of prey and then just eat the “best” of what is left when the killing is done, and sometimes they kill just for practice. Some animals like dolphins are observed to seemingly kill for “fun” as well as cats big and small. Animals kill to protect social order, and gorillas have been known to kill babies out of jealousy. Likewise, animals kill for mating dominance and many other non food reasons. In fact- animals kill for seemingly all the same reasons we do.
*eats baby deer*
Weird flex but okay