While humans are extraordinarily good at killing other animals (such as wolves), we aren't very responsible about it, according to a study published today in Science.

Leaving aside the issue of raising livestock for food, when it comes to hunting or catching animals in the wild, we are incredibly destructive predators. Our use of tools, from fishing nets to guns to bows and arrows, to thrown rocks, means that we can afford to easily go after the biggest, baddest prey we can find. That's different from other predators who tend to target the young, the old, or the weak as easier marks to take down.

Think about Bambi. Imagine a different (less Disney) tale. A wolf takes down Bambi and the pack eats well. Bambi's mom just lost a fawn, but she's able to easily reproduce, and next time mating season rolls around, she has Bambi 2.0.

Now picture the Disney version, which is weirdly more true to life (ignoring the anthropomorphized animals). The human hunter (SPOILER) kills Bambi's mom. Bambi is just a baby and has to wait a long time to reproduce, growing up and avoiding other predators until he (SPOILER) meets a cute doe named Faline and has twins.