[Space] Social Pouncing Carnivores?

[Mailanka]

Originally Posted by downer

Lions. Possibly some dinosaur species (the notorious Raptors), but of course that's speculation.

I once made an alien race based on both. Lots of fun (and a great, stereotypical "Honorable Warrior Race")

[SonofJohn]

Aint lions chasers?

How about Bats, they are pouncer and they form large colonies...

[Kromm]

Originally Posted by SonofJohn

Aint lions chasers?

No. Lions have crummy endurance, actually. They stalk as close as possible to their prey, run or leap a very short distance, and grapple. When they give chase, it's because this went wrong. By contrast, a cheetah will run down its prey from the outset. And lion(esse)s are often social while hunting, some taking position in the prey's path of escape, to intercept it in the event that the primary hunter's pounce fails.

Which isn't the same thing as lions being slow. By human standards, they're fast. By cheetah standards, not so much.

Lions don't pounce from above, though. For that, see leopards.

[DouglasCole]

Originally Posted by Sunrunners_Fire

Can anyone reference an example of a real-world (extinct or otherwise) species of highly social pouncing carnivores?

Teen-age girls?

[Lord Carnifex]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

Teen-age girls?

Highly social, yes, but pouncig? In my experience, their strategy was more like 'bait and trap'.

[DouglasCole]

Originally Posted by Lord Carnifex

Highly social, yes, but pouncig? In my experience, their strategy was more like 'bait and trap'.

Was thinking more of pouncing on other girls, in a "jumping all over" sense. :-\

[cybermancer2k1]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

Teen-age girls?

Only if they make a successful Detect (Justin Bieber) roll.