Talk:Wolf/@comment-174.94.17.243-20130324202726/@comment-5673619-20130325170207

Well, er, they do, actually. All you have to understand is that it's instinct. Although like sharks, crocs, tigers, etc., human meat tends to have a bad taste and be cumbersome to obtain for them, so they only attack if provoked, famished, or if they are just a particularly agressive individual. So it's sort of a back up instinct. I agree they are misunderstood though. Us apes are so primitive and self-centered, we see any remotely dangerous animal as a fearsome menace. But there is probably no species more dangerous and horrifying than the one that's currently enjoying a sandwich next to you. Human-on Human attacks (also known as murder, etc...) account for immesurably more than animal attacks in human death. You're probably more likely to die from a car crash than from a wolf attack, too. As for animals themselves, dog on humna  attacks yearly outweigh any other animal attacks (except if you count mosquitio bites as "attacks").