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"Within a couple of minutes they had the cat food.

And of course the cat, being a predator, knew when to give up a regular meal rather than chance injury.

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Birds are also predators, even though cats aren't usually on the menu. What's interesting is how Spielberg (or his creature designers) managed to capture the group behavior of bipedal, "flightless" birds and transfer it to his raptors.

I'm afraid I spent far too much time watching chickens as a child. Now my bird watching is confined to spicy or mild.