Talk:Animal attack

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 14 August 2020 and 4 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Keniett J. Vazquez. Peer reviewers: Ayub Shahada, DTM2020UPRC.

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 6 January 2021 and 21 April 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Jose A Jose B Jose C.

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Original discussion
the original discussion is here

I found the reference to the original discussion to which someone has referred and thought I would make a few comments regarding what was written in the past and what the article is meant to be now. First of all, I wanted to create an article that even a third grader could love. Second, I have carefully, though probably not perfectly made the distinction between apparent non-provoked animal attacks and all the rest. This article excludes animal attacks that have occurred in zoos or animal parks or attacks on hunters. I have done my best to exclude attacks that were made while an animal was being confined or restrained. I have excluded information that would speculate on the causes of the attacks such as habitat encroachment, the impaired hunting ability of aged tigers or even some speculations in news stories where elephants were seeking revenge. Best Regards,
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Vague taxonomy
Contrary to the very broad title, all the "animals" mentioned in this article are vertebrates, and all except snakes are in fact mammals. I suppose the Attack of the Killer limpet or even bites from leeches, ticks, and mosquitoes, or loss of blood to tapeworms don't conjure up the same fear and excitement as big toothy vertebrates. Still, the article's title does seem very weak from a biological perspective (and that's not even mentioning that humans are animals too, and the source of a great many attacks... ). Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:37, 5 June 2023 (UTC)