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Arresting the Slide
It is a natural condition that a predator doesn’t always choose the prey. More often than not, the prey chooses itself, or rather, gets itself into a situation whereby its ultimate demise is assured. The individual predator that effects the eventual `kill’ is merely that which fate has determined is the closest at the time. However, it would be fair to say that the theory loses its simplicity when humans are involved, because while the prey still chooses itself, more often than not, the predator has the wit and will to ensure