Lions aggression

[strange arrow]

Make lions aggressive again the way they used to be many years ago! I don't know why this got changed in the first place, it was very fun. They not housecats, they are lions.

[river lodge]

And Bears!!!

[strange arrow]

Yes 🐻

[stoic void]

Lions aren't usually the most keen on attacking people

[river lodge]

Go near them while they are eating,I’m sure they’ll be plenty keen.

[stoic void]

Oh yeah, definitely then but not always

Predator species usually avoid people as competition. Getting into a fight in nature is a lose-lose scenario due to potential injury, even if victory is assured, and predators have good reason to avoid conflicts when they can. It's why being noisy and loud scares off brown bears for the most part; they want easy meals and no smoke

I got attacked while hunting a lion on vurhonga recently anyways, I called it in while it was drinking and it got close and charged me. I died because my dog was in the way and I wasn't allowed to shoot

[river lodge]

I think the 250 people a year would like to have a chat with you,Lions view Human’s as prey not other predators,it’s just that other items of prey are easier to take down/have more calories/have more meat.

[stoic void]

And hippos kill double that, crocs quadruple. Lions don't normally view humans as prey. If they become sick or injured and can't take normal prey, they will go after livestock and humans, that's how most maneating big cats are made. The Polar Bear is the only carnivoran that normally and routinely hunts humans when healthy.

[frank wing]

If Hippos Came To The Game I’d Hope They Were Aggressive As Hell. Lions Are Quite Aggressive Animals, And I’d Like To See Them Bluff Charge At Least. I’d Also Like To See Bears Bluff Charge Rather Than Full Blown Attack.

[stoic void]

I would love to see bluff charges more, absolutely

[river lodge]

So??? We are talking about Lions right now,Crocodiles are already accurately aggressive right now.

[stoic void]

I'm saying that lions being less aggressive than they were at release is fine

[river lodge]

Lions don’t view us as another predator,especially when it’s a single person running through the South African Bush like an idiot😂😂😂

[ashen rover]

If anything, I think the predators species in this game are too aggressive, especially the wolves. wolves almost never attack humans in the wild, it’s the really big herbivores the tend to be the most dangerous because of how on edge they are constantly

And yes, in fact, most animals assume humans are predators, we have been preying on the majority of the species in the world for hundreds of thousands of years, and even animals that have not been introduced to humans tend to assume we are predators, because instinct says if you haven’t seen something before you should assume it’s dangerous to stay safe

[stoic void]

Lions view humans as competition, and lions kill and bully their competition but they don't normally eat them. Humans are just squishy enough that lions predate on them in certain circumstances, but otherwise they will simply attack and kill a human and then leave.

[ashen rover]

Look into many of the famous historical “maneating lion” cases, and you will find that in almost every case lions only attack humans because they were injured in some way that made traditional prey -species too hard to catch.

[river lodge]

Wolves 100% needs to be calmed down,Lions defend their kill,just like bears which is what happens 9/10 which is also how I’d want it to b implemented,Walk too close to a feed zone,the animal becomes alert(for instance a bear will rear up onto its hind legs) and then attempt to take out said threat.