User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Appreciation Day: Arzuros/@comment-84.228.25.155-20130319090831/@comment-5963861-20130321234240

I wouldn't necessarily say that surplus killing in most species is for fun. Also when a predatory animal kills another predator and doesn't eat it, its mostly just for eleminating competition. Lions will kill hyenas, awds', leopards, cheetahs, and their young but won't eat them.